This cost is rather evident from the lingering health issues experienced by Agent Orange veterans as well as their children and grandchildren. In Larry’s case, for example, effects of Agent ...

Years later, the Department of Veterans Affairs would acknowledge his cancer could have been caused by Agent Orange. Still, his wife, Elizabeth Bonner, fought a decades-long battle for the ...

In 1991, Congress passed the Agent Orange Act, which requires the VA to assume all veterans who “served in the Republic of Vietnam” from 1962 to 1975 were exposed to Agent Orange. A few months later, ...

Vietnam says several million people have been affected by Agent Orange, including 150,000 children born with severe ... The US compensates its veterans exposed to the defoliant, but does not ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) maintains a list of U.S. Navy and Coast Guard ships associated with military service in Vietnam and possible exposure to Agent Orange based on military records.

Judge Alsup’s decision will ensure that Blue Water vets who had Agent Orange claims denied in the past ... The settlement also covers surviving children and estates of deceased veterans, unlike the ...

Agent Orange, a toxic herbicide used by the U.S. military during the Vietnam War to destroy dense vegetation, has been linked to severe health issues, including cancer and other chronic illnesses ...