The Veterans Administration
and Agent Orange Compensation
The Department of Veterans Affairs (formerly the Veterans Administration, and still known as the VA) currently offers service-connected compensation for certain diseases believed to be associated with Agent Orange exposure. The diseases are:
Chloracne
Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
Soft tissue sarcoma
Hodgkin's Disease
Porphyria Cutanea Tarda (PCT)
Multiple Myeloma
Respiratory cancers
(including cancers of the lung, larynx, trachea and bronchus)
Prostate cancer
Peripheral neuorapthy
(acute or subacute)
Type 2 Diabetes (Diabetes mellitus)
The VA also recognizes the following condition in the Children of Vietnam veterans, pending final regulation:
Spina bifida
Other birth defects in the children of Women Vietnam Veterans
As work on this website continues, we will provide additional information about these conditions.
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