Vietnam Veterans of America

Chapter 1024, North Orange County California

Agent Orange & Toxins

The Institute for
Molecular Medicine

www.IMMED.org

Gulf War and other illnesses
Veterans Exposed to Herbicides
(Agent Orange)


Presumptive service connection is available to veterans who served in Vietnam and parts of Korea along the DMZ. The presumptive diseases are as follows:

TYPES OF CANCER WITH NO TIME REQUIREMENTS FOR MANIFESTATION

Cancer of the bronchus

Cancer of the larynx

Lung Cancer

Prostate cancer

Cancer of the trachea
Hodgkin’s disease

Multiple myeloma
Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia




TYPES OF SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA WITH NO TIME REQUIREMENTS FOR MANIFESTATION

Adult Fibrosarcoma
Alveolar Soft Part Sarcoma
Angiosarcoma
Clear Cell Sarcoma of Aponeuroses
Clear Cell Sarcoma of Tendons and 
Aponeuroses
Congenital Fibrosarcoma
Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans
Ectomesenchymoma
Epithelioid Malignant Leiomyosarcoma
Epithelioid and Glandular Malignant
Schwannomas
Epithelioid Sarcoma
Extraskeletal Ewing’s Sarcoma
Hemangiosarcoma
Infantile Fibrosarcoma
Leiomyosarcoma
Liposarcoma
Lymphangiosarcoma
Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma
Malignant Giant Cell Tumor of the 
Tendon Sheath
Malignant Glandular Schwannoma
Malignant Glomus Tumor
Malignant Hemangiopericytoma
Malignant Mesenchymoma
Malignant Ganglioneuroma
Malignant Granular Cell Tumor
Malignant Leiomyoblastoma
Malignant Synovioma
Malignant Schwannoma with Rhabdomyoblastic Differentiation
Proliferating (systemic) 
Angiendotheliomatosis
Rhabdomyosarcoma
Synovial Sarcoma


DISEASES OTHER THAN CANCER WITH VARIOUS REQUIREMENTS

Periperal neuropathy (acute or subacute)

Chloracne

Porphyria Cutanea Tarda


DISEASES OTHER THAN CANCER WITH NO TIME REQUIREMENT FOR MANIFESTATION

Type 2 Diabetes (Also known as Diabetes Mellitus)


DISABILITIES IN CHILDREN OF VIETNAM VETERANS

Spina Bifida

Certain Birth Defects in Children of VN Veterans

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Contact a VVA Benefits Service Officer