Can you get disability for Agent Orange?
Veterans who were exposed to Agent Orange in Vietnam while on active duty are eligible for disability compensation through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) as long as they were discharged under conditions other than dishonorable.
How many Vietnamese died from Agent Orange?
According to the Vietnamese, the US program resulted in 400,000 deaths caused due to a range of cancers and other ailments, and that approximately 4.8 million Vietnamese people were exposed to Agent Orange according to census data.
Who ordered Agent Orange in Vietnam?
In mid-1961, President Ngo Dinh Diem of South Vietnam asked the United States to conduct aerial herbicide spraying in his country. In August of that year, the Republic of Vietnam Air Force conducted herbicide operations with American help.
Can the effects of Agent Orange be passed down?
No. The VA does not offer disability benefits for grandchildren of Agent Orange veterans. These benefits are only available to children of Vietnam veterans under certain circumstances.
Is Vietnam still contaminated with Agent Orange?
After its use in the 1960s, Agent Orange was banned by the U.S. in 1971 and remaining stocks were taken from Vietnam and the U.S. to Johnston Atoll, a U.S. controlled island about 700 miles SE of Hawaii, where it was destroyed in 1978. There is no ‘Agent Orange’ in Vietnam or anywhere else today.
Why is Agent Orange bad?
The herbicide Agent Orange, which was used widely by US armed forces in the 1960s and early 1970s during the Vietnam War to defoliate large areas of the country, contains dioxin and is carcinogenic. High levels of dioxin have been found in the breast milk, adipose tissue, and blood of the Vietnamese population.
What are the signs of Agent Orange?
Neurological disorders associated with Agent Orange
- Parkinson’s disease.
- Peripheral neuropathy.
- Type 2 diabetes mellitus.
- AL amyloidosis.
- Bladder cancer.
- Hypothyroidism.
- Hypertension (high blood pressure)
- Parkinson’s-like Tremors.