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22 paź 2020 · Studies have shown that the children of Vietnam Veterans exposed to Agent Orange may still be experiencing health concerns and other lasting effects. They may be eligible for children of Vietnam Veterans’ health alliance benefits and even a children of Vietnam Veterans scholarship!
If you served in Vietnam, Korea, or Thailand—and your child has spina bifida or certain other birth defects related to Agent Orange exposure—your child may qualify for VA disability compensation and benefits.
30 wrz 2024 · Surviving spouses, dependent children, and dependent parents of Veterans who were exposed to Agent Orange or other herbicides during service and died as the result of diseases related to the exposure may be eligible for health care, compensation, education, and home loan benefits.
29 mar 2016 · Given the long-standing concern of the Vietnam veterans about the potential of the COIs to adversely affect the health of their children, birth defects and childhood cancers have been among the outcomes considered by VAO committees since the first comprehensive review published in 1994.
30 wrz 2024 · Surviving spouses, dependent children and dependent parents of Veterans who were exposed to Agent Orange and died as the result of diseases related to Agent Orange exposure may be eligible for a monthly payment called Dependency and Indemnity Compensation.
Since the Vietnam War ended, thousands of Vietnam veterans have died each year due to Agent Orange exposure, PTSD/suicide, cancer and other causes related to their service. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund’s (VVMF) In Memory program honors those who returned home from Vietnam and later died.
VA maintains a program for Vietnam Veterans’ children with spina bifida (with the exception of spina bifida occulta) for dependents of Veterans presumed to have Agent Orange exposures during the Vietnam era.
