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Veterans Exposed to Agent Orange and Other Herbicides: A
veteran who served in the Republic of Vietnam between Jan. 9,
1962, and May 7, 1975, is presumed to have been exposed to Agent
Orange and other herbicides used in support of military operations.
Eleven diseases are presumed by VA to be service-connected
for such veterans: chloracne or other acneform disease similar to
chloracne, porphyria cutanea tarda, soft-tissue sarcoma (other than
osteosarcoma, chondrosarcoma, Kaposi’s sarcoma or mesothelioma),
Hodgkin’s disease, multiple myeloma, respiratory cancers
(lung, bronchus, larynx, trachea), non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, prostate
cancer, acute and subacute peripheral neuropathy, diabetes mellitus
(Type 2) and chronic lymphocytic leukemia. |