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>I was stationed at U-Tapao AB in Nov 1968 through Nov >1969 as a Security Police Sentry Dog Handler. I was >finally granted compensation for my Type 2 diabetes. >The award letter reads as follows: > >"You originally filed a claim for service connection >for diabetes on March 6, 2001 which was denied by >rating decision of May 22, 2002 because service in >country in Vietnam, and thus exposure to herbicides >(Agent Orange) was not shown. You reopened your claim >for service connection on October 11, 2006 base on the >Haas vs Nicholson court case concerning herbicide >exposure. Diabestes is a presumptive condition >associated with Agent Orange herbicide exposure. > >Review of the service treatment and personnel records >demonstrates that you were a Security Policeman and >Sentray Dog Handler during service. You were located >at U-Tapao AB, Thailand. The Department of Veterans >Affairs Memorandum for the Record concerning Herbicide >use in Thailand during the Vietnam Era notes that >while the Thailand CHECO report does not report the >use of tactical herbicides on allied bases in >Thailand, it does indicate sproadic use of >non-tactical (commercial) herbicides within fenced >perimeters. Therefore, if a veteran's MOS or unit is >one that regularly had contact with the base >perimeter, there was a greater likeihood of exposure >to commercial pesticides, including herbicides. >Security Police units were known to have walked the >perimeters, especially Dog Handlers. However, there >are not records to show that the same tactical >herbicides used in Vietnam were used in Thailand. >E-mail from VA Compensation and Pension Policy Staff >reports that the chemical content of commercial >pestidices/herbicides is similar to Agent Orange >herbicides. > >You were a Sentry Dog Handler during service and would >have been patrolling the perimeter of the Air Base. >As such, as indicated in the excerpt above from the VA >Memorandum of Records, concerning herbicide use, in >Thailand, you would likely have been exposed to at >least commercial pesticides. > >Hope this helps.

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