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Vietnam 1965 - 1975
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Agent Orange and other tactical herbicides (TCDD exposure)
The U.S. military sprayed millions of gallons of Agent Orange and other herbicides on trees and vegetation during the Vietnam War.
Several decades later, concerns about the health effects from these chemicals continue.
There has been an extensive amount of research performed on evaluating the health effects of exposure to Agent Orange. These research results are updated and published every two years in reports issued by the Institute of Medicine.
VA offers eligible Veterans a free Agent Orange Registry health exam for possible long-term health problems related to exposure.
VA has recognized certain cancers and other health problems as presumptive diseases associated with exposure to Agent Orange or other herbicides during military service. Veterans and their survivors may be eligible for disability compensation or survivors' benefits for these diseases
- AL Amyloidosis
- Chronic B-cell Leukemias
- Chloracne (or similar acneform disease)
- Diabetes Mellitus Type 2
- Hodgkin's Disease
- Ischemic Heart Disease
- Multiple Myeloma
- Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
- Parkinson's Disease
- Peripheral Neuropathy, Acute and Subacute
- Porphyria Cutanea Tarda
- Prostate Cancer
- Respiratory Cancers (includes lung cancer)
- Soft Tissue Sarcomas (other than osteosarcoma, chondrosarcoma, Kaposi's sarcoma, or mesothelioma)
Hepatitis C
- Due to additional risk factors, veterans are twice as likely to be infected with chronic hepatitis C when compared to the general population.
- Of the six million veterans receiving care from the Veterans Affairs' (VA) health care system in 2010, 165,005 had evidence of chronic hepatitis C and over 0000 women Veterans are known to be infected with Hepatitis C.
- Most veterans with the disease who are being treated in the VA health care system were likely infected with HCV during the Vietnam War era, between 1964 to 1975.
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