Hay i am the student of MCS and could not walk due to the leg pain and unable to continue my nace certification and my career is going to destroy. Do you have any tip in this aspect please.

Regarding the November 2009 Agent Orange Update. On 2 Jan 2010 I had an "acute myocardial infarction" (heart attack). Immediately after discharge from the hospital I filed my claim for ischemic heart disease. I was awarded disability for hypertension in 2004 which indicates a history of heart disease since 1984. I received a letter from the VA which states in part"....this disease has not yet been added to the Dept of Veterans Affairs regulations governing diseases presumptively associated with herbisde exposure. In order to add this disease, we must follow a series of legal requirements, including publishing a notice in the Federal Register. We have begun this process, but are holding your claim until these legal requirements are met." Point: Same old administrative and bureaucratic ***** from the VA. I'm beginning to believe what my deceased father, a disabled WWII vet, once said, "The VA bureaucrats are hoping you'll die before they may have to pay you additional comp.

I am looking for help in proving my father's death from Agent Orange exposure. My father was in Vietnam for his entire tour in the Army. His brother, who he was stationed with, had confirmation that he died from exposure to agent orange. My father, only 58 years old (died a few month's ago) had so many health problems it was crazy.

Over the years he suffered from:

COPD
Massive Heart Attack (requiring a quad bi-pass)
Corrugeted Artery Disease on both sides
Type 2 Diabeties
Anerysum in Main Aorta (Came on in later years of life)
Colon Cancer - cause by squemous cells (a type of skin cancer???)
Lung Cancer - caused by the same squemous cells

He ended up dying from the Lung Cancer....he always told me that he was exposed to this horrible spray. How does a person go about (I am his daughter)getting information to apply for his benefits, I am not sure the years he served either. Can someone direct me on which way to go, and how to start?
Thanks

The true care of our soldiers after times in war zones is sad. I just signed up for VA after serving time in Viet Nam, tested for agent orange & care was terribe & have no faith in real test results or the care I received. Will never return.

I'm 60 and served in Vietnam from 9/71 to 3/72. I have Diabetes Type II, High Blood Pressure and Cataracts, but the VA will only allow benefits for the Diabetes. It's pretty hard getting benefits/treatment for aliments acquired in Vietnam.

I am so disgusted that the US Government has put such beaucracy on a Vet to get medical attention. As the VA researches, more and more diseases are connected to Agent Orange and it's side affect. GOD BLESS ALL OUR TROOPS!!

I have TypeIIdiabeties butever since I have been back from Vietnam I have had 10 facial and 2 bladder surgeries for cancer. One of my friends that was at Long Binh where I was said the base was cleared by Agent Orange.Dozens I know have cancer.

I served in Vietnam in 1962 and still have not received any benefits fron the V.A. Exposure to agent orange has weakened my heart and given me a skin desease just to name a couple of maladies. I have filed claim but nothing.

Yeah: good luck proving to the V.A. that what you have, you got in the NAM.
PHU LOI/QUAN LOI/HON QUON--- LONG TIME AGO---

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I am 63 and served in vietnam during the tet offensive of 12 Jun 68. I had a TIA and suffer high blood pressure.