Regulation & law · 27/12/2010

VA Decides Not to Presume Service Connection for Certain Herbicide-Related Diseases

The US Department of Veterans Affairs has determined that exposure to certain herbicides used in Vietnam during the 1960s and 1970s does not warrant a presumption of service connection for most diseases, except for hairy cell leukemia and two other conditions, based on a 2009 report by the National Academy of Sciences.