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VA Expands Disability Benefits for Air Force Personnel Exposed to Contaminated C-123 Aircraft

WASHINGTON – The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) today published a new regulation that expands eligibility for some benefits for a select group of Air Force Veterans and Air Force Reserve personnel who were exposed to the herbicide Agent Orange through regular and repeated contact with contaminated C-123 aircraft that had been used in Vietnam as part of Operation Ranch Hand (ORH).

VA published this regulation as an interim final rule so that it could immediately begin providing benefits to eligible Air Force veterans and Air Force Reserve personnel who submit a disability compensation claim for any of the 14 medical conditions that have been determined by VA to be related to exposure to Agent Orange. [Continue reading the full article at the VA Website]

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James “EMO” Tichacek is a retired Navy lieutenant. These days his title is “Associate Director, Retiree Assistance Office, U.S. Embassy Warden & IRS VITA” in Baguio City in the Philippines. He’s a member of a dozen different veteran’s organizations. Over the years he’s built up a RAO Bulletin on veteran’s benefits, VA initiatives, other military news, and Medicare/Medicaid issues. It’s a gold mine of a newsletter.

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