More than $2.2 billion in retroactive benefits has been paid to about 89,000 Vietnam War-era veterans and their survivors who filed claims related to one of three new Agent Orange presumptive conditions, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs .
BUCYRUS -- Veterans who served aboard U.S. Navy and Coast Guard ships on the waters of Vietnam between Jan. 9, 1962, and May 7, 1975, may be eligible to receive Department of Veterans Affairs disability compensation for 14 medical conditions associated wi
U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has introduced a bill amending the Agent Orange Act to include Navy veterans of Vietnam who served on board ships but not on land.
NEW YORK (Reuters)—Monsanto Co. has lost a bid to close part of a lawsuit alleging the company caused health injuries to residents living near a plant that made the Vietnam War-era U.S. military defoliant 'Agent Orange.'