Agent Orange and Kidney Cancer

I am truly sorry for late response, but I have just joined this site, my husband is a kidney cancer survivor, He was soaked from agent Orange when his unit went into rescue pows, (he served as demolition man and squad leader)  he only has 1 kidney left, but lately NEW issues have reared their heads.

We have to be smart about this.  Only when Congress gets lots of petitions regarding kidney cancer will VA get any pressure to change. 

I have started a petition for Congress to look into this question. https://www.change.org/p/let-your-legislator-know-include-renal-cell-carcinoma-in-agent-orange-list?recruiter=366286504&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink

Dear Friends:
I am resending this Veterans' petition with a better link.  Many have told me of difficulties with the original. If you have signed it I thank you
on behalf of many Vietnam Vets who are suffering from or have died from kidney cancer. If you have not signed, you can be part of the solution by
signing it. If you have any questions e-mail me at rafael10212@me.com or you can call me @ 305-342-1062.  I can assure that the incidence of renal cell
carcinoma (kidney cancer) is much greater in the Vietnam Vet population than the population at large. This petition will go to Congress and they
can put pressure on the VA. The way VA is handling this is "DENY, DENY UNTIL YOU DIE." V‪ietnam Vets you could be next, I am also a Vietnam Vet who
suffers from this disease,join this effort.

https://www.change.org/p/let-your-legislator-know-include-renal-cell-carcinoma-in-agent-orange-list

scamadviser.com says change.org is 100% safe.  Do not hesitate to sign.

I served in Vietnam. My kidney was removed due to a tumor. The surgeon documented the tumor was caused by Agent Orange Dioxine. However, the VA declined my claim. Said I need more supporting documentation on how surgeon came to that diagnosis. Still waiting for that. Does anyone have supporting documentation that they can share with me? It sounds like- in other posts- those that were successful with VA to get disability - saw multiple doctors. If so, can anyone share specific specislists Or Doctor names with me? Should I ask the surgeon to refer me to an expert urologist?? should I ask for referral to other specialist?

Does anyone have any supporting documentation or research connecting agent orange and kidney cancer??

This is the first time Ive ever posted and appreciate your time. 

Thank you!!!! Happy Christmas. 

I have started a new petition for getting the VA to acknowledge kidney cancer AO link.  It expires on 8/29 Please spread it far and wide if we want to get 10K signatures by then.

I just had part of my right kidney removed because of cancer. In Vietnam they would spray an area, to make it safe to drop our 105s. They also dropped 500 and 1000lb bombs just before the dropped us in.

these made craters from where we would draw our drinking and cleaning up water.

Eight out of the last 52 cases decided on Kidney cancer claims were granted.  Not a great percentage, but what seemed to be present in the granted cases and absent in the denied cases was clear and complete statements from doctors specifically using the words "the cancer is more likely than not due to exposure to Agent Orange and/or similar pesticides."  Go to https://www.index.va.gov/search/va/bva.jsp and search for these Citation numbers:

Citation Nr 1506922;Citation Nr 1508535;Citation Nr 1532034;Citation Nr 1613314;Citation Nr 1627711;Citation Nr 1635750;Citation Nr 1641178;

Citation Nr 1700660

In the cases where the opinions differ between doctors, the benefit of the doubt goes to the veteran.  Also look for studies on pesticides with similar ingredients to those in AO and see what you can find.  The Agent Orange is really a knickname, not a scientific name.  many other pesticides have similar chemical hazards.  TCDD is a key toxin (dioxin).  Hope it helps.