Herbicide (Agent Orange) Exposure

Agent Orange was an herbicide sprayed on Southeast Asia during the Vietnam Era.  The VA will presume that a veteran was exposed to Agent Orange if the veteran served in Vietnam, or in the waters offshore, between January 9, 1962 and May 7, 1975.  If the veteran later develops any disease on a list of presumptive Agent Orange diseases, the VA will grant presumptive service connection based on Agent Orange exposure.

The diseases that can be presumptively service connected based as herbicide exposure are chloracne, Hodgkin's disease, multiple myeloma, non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, porphyria cutanea tarda, some respiratory cancers (lung, larynx, bronchus and traechea), prostate cancer, diabetes mellitus (Type II), acute or sub-acute peripheral neurothapy, and many soft-tissue sarcomas.

Biological children of veterans who served in Vietnam may also be entitled to benefits if they were born with spina bifida.  All must cause a disability of at least 10 percent.

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