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VA approval for Agent Orange exposure

leoplato10
leoplato10 CSN Member Posts: 3
edited March 2013 in Esophageal Cancer #1

Hi

Has anyone heard of VA approving exposure to Agent Orange for someone in Navy off coast of Vietnam

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  • cjmac49
    cjmac49 CSN Member Posts: 100
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    There have been cases

    There have been cases approved but the majority are denied.  I am awaiting a decision on my case.  I was on the USS America for the 1972 cruise to Viet Nam.  I believe that EC was related to drinking water supply taken from the Gulf.

     

    Jim

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