Monday, January 31st, 2011
Veterans Benefits: Korea and Agent Orange
A Department of Veterans Affairs regulation will expand the dates when illnesses caused by herbicide exposure can be presumed to be related to Agent Orange. Veterans exposed to herbicides while serving along the demilitarized zone (DMZ) in Korea will have a better path to access benefits.
The VA will presume herbicide exposure for any Veteran who served between April 1, 1968, and Aug. 31, 1971, in a unit determined by the VA and the Department of Defense to have operated in an area in or near the Korean DMZ where herbicides such as Agent Orange were applied.