Related: VA Releases Updated List of Agent Orange Exposure Locations. Thousands of other veterans who served in Vietnam or on select ships off the countrys coastline and have one of several illnesses being considered as additions to the presumptive conditions list have been waiting up to four years for the VA to announce a decision on their cases. Guam Agent Orange veteran exposure advances in Congress | News Available documentation indicated that at least one vessel carrying Agent Orange passed through Guam on its route to Vietnam, but such information is incomplete. However, in May of 2018, DoD and VA reportedly formed a joint Herbicide Orange Working Group to address the issues with the DoD list and identify criteria for including information on the list. Under a presumption of service-connection, specific diseases diagnosed in certain veterans are presumed to have been caused by the circumstances of their military service. There have been favorable decisions made by theBoard of Veterans Appealsgranting veterans benefits for conditions due to exposure in Guam. The information these cookies collect will not personally identify you, and they cannot track your browsing activity on other websites. The Legislature held a public hearing Tuesday on a pair of resolutions that each support U.S. House measures recognizing Agent Orange exposure in Guam and other areas, as well as expand exposure coverage for veterans affected by the toxic herbicide the Honoring our PACT Act of 2021 and the Lonnie Kilpatrick Central Pacific Relief Act. A research report released by two veteran advocacy groups has given a boost to compensation claims made by Vietnam-era vets who served on Guam. We advocate for the disabled. Tens of thousands of U.S. service members were assigned to Guam during the Vietnam War, where three quarters of all U.S. B-52 bombers used in the air campaign were based. Service members have said for years that they sprayed Agent Orange and other toxic herbicides all across Guam, said Brian Moyer, a Marine veteran who served in Guam from 197476 and leads the group Agent Orange Survivors of Guam, a section of Military Veterans Advocacy. They do not store directly personal information, but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. ABANDONED: Samples are taken from the contents of abandoned steel drums that were found in the Nimitz Hill Lonfit area in this file photo. Vietnam veterans exposed to Agent Orange in Guam: report - Audacy "Service members have said for years that they sprayed Agent Orange and other toxic herbicides all across Guam," said Brian Moyer, a Marine veteran who served in Guam from 1974 to 1976 and leads the group Agent Orange Survivors of Guam, a section of Military Veterans Advocacy. Columbus, OH: 100 E. Campus View Boulevard, Suite #250, Columbus, OH, 43235 Agent Orange is perhaps the most well known among the Rainbow Herbicides, chemicals developed to clear vegetation during the Vietnam War.
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