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Viet Nam Veterans with Prostate Cancer
If you are a Viet Nam veteran (who served in Viet Nam) who has developed Prostate Cancer, you may want to look into the "PACT" Act to see if you are eligible for compensation from the VA. I recently found out about this from a fellow veteran and did apply for benefits with help from a local Veterans Service Agent. You may get a disability rating based on this and some compensation. Good luck to all of my fellow vets!
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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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6 ReactionsIcorps: Welcome Home!
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1 ReactionTHE 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)
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1 ReactionBeen there done that: PCa/ Heart eshemia gives me 100% disability
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2 ReactionsI served for one year in Vietnam. We made barbecue grills by cutting Agent Orange barrels in half. My military base didn’t have any trees or foliage, in spite of a jungle around it. My local VA Medical Center doctor advised me to file for presumptive prostate-cancer benefits. I never thought about Agent Orange when I was in Vietnam. However, this changed when I was diagnosed with prostate cancer and had surgery at the Mayo Clinic. I’m grateful for my doctor and also for my monthly VA disability check. I now support veterans at our local hospital through their No Veterans Die Alone Program. I supported a man last week who served in Vietnam. He was dying. He told me his PSA was 400! The man was comfortable and in hospice. The man told me he was ready to go to heaven and be with his Lord. Amen.
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2 ReactionsThats a sad story....I was on a ship in Haiphong harbor de mining ops. We showered on ship and got the toxins in our body that way from the water.....thats our best guess. My buddy has PCa too as he was in the same boiler room with me . He s on disability too. Our Govt. did us no favors in this war. Old men make wars, young kids die in them.
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4 ReactionsHow about Korea vets 1969 - 70. VA covering Prostate cancer?
It is worthwhile for you to put in a claim with VA. There may be other legislation that speaks to Korea Vets.