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Viet Nam Veterans with Prostate Cancer
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It's definitely is worth looking into.
As I understand it, the eligibility by VA is "one boot on the ground"- if you were there they presume you contracted your cancer there. That's irrespective of other possible and even more likely pathways.
I was an Army infantry lieutenant and served as a Pacification Program Advisor in I Corps. So was out and about drinking lots of local water.
Who knows?
My germline test was completely negative.
No family history of it.
I give my VA compensation to charity.
Served with five guys who only made it home in boxes. One they found only his bone shards in '90 in Qaung Tri.
So no tears here.
Last thought-
We probably shouldn't have been in that war.
Obviously so-
We lost.
But I believe there'd be a lot more names on The Wall if we hadn't used Agent Orange to clear the growth back from our positions.
Maybe mine.
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THE VA CONSIDERS MANY DISEASES AS PRESUMPTIVE. MEANING FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU HAVE PROSTATE CANCER, THEN THE VA ASSUMES THE REASON IS AGENT ORANGE. THERE IS A HOST OF DISEASES ASSOCIATED WITH AGENT ORANGE AND CAN EASILY BE NOTED FROM A GOOGLE SEARCH.
IF YOU HAVE RECENTLY DISCOVERED ONE OF THE PRESUMPTIVE DISEASES ASSOCIATED WITH AGENT ORANGE, IMMEDIATELY BEGIN THE PROCESS OF APPLYING FOR BENEFITS. YOUR BENEFITS WILL START WHEN THE DIAGNOSIS WAS DONE. FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOUR DOCTOR SAID PROSTATE CANCER PRABABILITY 2 YEARS AGO BECAUSE OF MUCH HIGHER PSA AND OR BIOPSY, THEN YOUR BENEFIT WOULD COMMENCE 2 YEARS AGO. PROSTATE CANCER IS 100% DISABILITY OR ABOUT $4,000 PER MONTH FOR A SINGLE PERSON. SO 4k TIMES 24 MONTHS EQUALS $96,000 IN BENEFITS DUE YOU. TALK TO AMERICAN LEGION REPRESENTATIVE OR ANY VETERANS GROUPS. Good luck- 05/!!A (Haiti, Bosnia, Croatia, Sudan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Uganda & Somalia)