medical Update Page
agent orange update
provided by Tracy Kinn N.Y. state Veteran Counselor
The following diseases are officially recognized by the V.A. as related to herbicide exposure. To win benefits, V.A. law and
regulations also require that some of these conditions appear (or "become manifest") within a deadline that began to run the day
you left Vietnam. If there is a deadline, it is listed in brackets after the name of the disease. If your condition is not listed below,
ask your doctor what you have is similar to any of those listed below. There may be room to argue that your condition is the same
as one of these. Under the V.A. rule soft tissue does not include Osteosarcoma, Chondrosarcoma, Kaposisarcoma or Mesothelioma.
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Chloracne (one year) Soft Tissue Sarcomas, including:
Malignant fibrosarcoma
protuberans
Epithelioid leiomyosarcoma
(malignant leiomyoblastoma)
Angiosarcoma
(hemangiosarcoma and
lymphangiosarcoma)
Proliferating (systemic) angioendotheliomatosis
Malignant giant cell tumor of
tendon sheath
Malignant schwannoma, including
malignant schwannoma, with rhabdomyoblastic
differentiation (malignant Triton Tumor) Glandular and epithelioid
malignant schwannomas
Clear cell sarcoma of tendons and aponeuroses
Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, including any
diagnosis of a Lymphoma (except
Hodgkin’s lymphoma),
mycosis fungoides, And old terms such as
lymphosarcoma, reticulum cell sarcoma
and Sternburg’s sarcoma.
Peripheral neuropathy, acute and sub-acute
(one year)
Porphyria cutanea tarda (one year)
Respiratory cancers (30 years) including:
Lung,
Bronchus,
Larynx,
Trachea
Colorectal cancer secondary to Diabetes
CLL (Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia)
Other Medical Problems for Vets