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Disease Associated With Agent Orange. Suggestion?

I was diagnosed in September 2007...it was one of those presumed diseases associated with Agent Orange. I was stationed in Thailand with the Air Force during the period August 1971-July 1972. I have heard that AO was used to combat the growth of vegetation around all Thai bases and sites...many of which I visited as part of my job. The VA says that unless I was physically in Vietnam, they cannot help me. Has there been anything published relating to the association between AO and CLL? Art
Wed, 12 Jun 2013
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Hi,

Some studies showed that veterans who served in the South during the war have increased rates of cancer, and nerve, digestive, skin and respiratory disorders. Veterans from the south had higher rates of throat cancer, acute/chronic leukemia, Hodgkin's lymphoma and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, prostate cancer, lung cancer, colon cancer, soft tissue sarcoma and liver cancer. With the exception of liver cancer, these are the same conditions the US Veterans Administration has determined may be associated with exposure to Agent Orange/dioxin, and are on the list of conditions eligible for compensation and treatment.

A December 2006 Department of Defense report listed Agent Orange testing, storage, and disposal sites at 32 locations throughout the United States, as well as in Canada, Thailand, Puerto Rico, Korea, and in the Pacific Ocean.

This is all that I can find as a reference to the question asked.

Hope it helps.
Dr.JAY PATEL
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Disease Associated With Agent Orange. Suggestion?

Hi, Some studies showed that veterans who served in the South during the war have increased rates of cancer, and nerve, digestive, skin and respiratory disorders. Veterans from the south had higher rates of throat cancer, acute/chronic leukemia, Hodgkin s lymphoma and non-Hodgkin s lymphoma, prostate cancer, lung cancer, colon cancer, soft tissue sarcoma and liver cancer. With the exception of liver cancer, these are the same conditions the US Veterans Administration has determined may be associated with exposure to Agent Orange/dioxin, and are on the list of conditions eligible for compensation and treatment. A December 2006 Department of Defense report listed Agent Orange testing, storage, and disposal sites at 32 locations throughout the United States, as well as in Canada, Thailand, Puerto Rico, Korea, and in the Pacific Ocean. This is all that I can find as a reference to the question asked. Hope it helps. Dr.JAY PATEL