In 1991, Congress passed the Agent Orange Act, which requires the VA to assume all veterans who “served in the Republic of Vietnam” from 1962 to 1975 were exposed to Agent Orange. A few months later, ...

On June 9, 2015, the VA denied the Naylors' claims for both accrued benefits and service connection related to the cancer. It cited a lack of evidence tying the disease to Agent Orange. "The secretary ...

Shulkin suggested that he favors expansion of Agent Orange-related health care and disability compensation, but factors like cost, medical science, and politics still stand in the way. Read the ...

Other documents, including a report by an Army agronomist as well as documents related to hazardous material cleanups, point to the use of Agent Orange at the sprawling base that 1.5 million ...

Shulkin awkwardly announced Wednesday that he plans to “further explore” adding ailments to the list of compensable conditions VA presumes were caused by exposure to Agent Orange and other ...

In 1991, the U.S. recognized that certain diseases could be related to exposure to Agent Orange and made veterans who had them eligible for benefits. Since 1991, it has spent over $155 million to ...