Tuesday, February 14, 2012

VA Publishes The Retroactive Benefit Rules For Agent Orange Claims | Veterans Today

VA Publishes The Retroactive Benefit Rules For Agent Orange Claims | Veterans Today

Attention Vietnam Vets: If you have any of the following diseases and are a Vietnam veteran you are eligible for disability benefits.

(i) Type 2 Diabetes (Also known as type II diabetes mellitus or adult-onset diabetes).

(ii) Hodgkin’s disease.

(iii) Multiple myeloma.

(iv) Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

(v) Acute and Subacute peripheral neuropathy.

(vi) Porphyria cutanea tarda.

(vii) Prostate cancer.

(viii) Respiratory cancers (cancer of the lung, bronchus, larynx, or trachea).

(ix) Soft-tissue sarcoma (as defined in § 3.309(e)).
If you fit any of these disease descriptions check out the link above and contact your Veteran Services Officer or the DAV for information on how to apply for disability benefits.

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