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Date Posted: Tue, Apr 16 2019, 8:02:22 PDT
Author: JAIME A. LLERAS- BINH THUY '70
Author Host/IP: 226.216-223-197-net.sccoast.net / 216.223.197.226
Subject: How To Claim Illnesses/Diseases due to Agent Orange

I’ve been reading more and more about claims of Agent Orange illnesses/ diseases submissions being denied. As a result (with possible decisions), several advisors are recommending veterans to use the term ‘herbicide dioxin’ as it related to the defoliant sprayed and handled in Vietnam and Thailand during the Vietnam War (1961-1971) commonly called Agent Orange.

Also, if a veteran had regular security duty or other duties on the fenced-in perimeters of a U.S. military base in Thailand or Royal Thai Air Force Bases between January 9, 1962, and May 7, 1975, he may have had contact with Agent Orange.

Here’s a tit-bit of information:
1) Many U.S., Australian, and New Zealand servicemen who suffered long exposure to Agent Orange in Vietnam later developed a number of cancers and other health disorders. Despite the difficulty of establishing conclusive proof that their claims were valid, in 1979 U.S. veterans brought a class-action lawsuit against seven herbicide makers that produced Agent Orange for the U.S. military. The suit was settled out of court in 1984 with the establishment of a $180 million fund to compensate some 250,000 claimants and their families. Separately, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs awarded compensation to about 1,800 veterans.

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