CCK Law Firm Releases Excellent Agent Orange Review, including C-123 details

Here's a good review of Agent Orange issues, including our C-123 veterans.

C-123 Agent Orange VA Benefits: A January 2019 Resource List

Below you'll find a fairly current list of VA and other significant publications about C-123 veterans and our Agent Orange exposures...just click on what you want to read or download.

Here's a reminder: if you are a post-Vietnam C-123 veteran and have any of the recognized Agent Orange illnesses, you are entitled to the full range of VA health care and other benefits.  Some veterans have succeeded in having claims approved for disabilities not on VA's list of presumptive ailments, getting benefits for avascular necrosis and other problems, but VA is mighty cautious about such coverage...it is a painful uphill battle.

If you are diagnosed with an Agent Orange-related illness, you are entitled to the full range of VA medical care and other benefits...almost. Our benefits vary in that children of C-123 vets aren't eligible for spina bifida benefits, and our claims cannot be honored prior to June 19, 2015 when VA published the C-123 Agent Orange rule. Fortunately, here too, VA has permitted some exceptions.

C-123 Airplanes and Agent Orange Residue, VA Public Health

VA Benefit Manual M21-1MR C-123 Section

Agent Orange Exposure from C-123 Aircraft

Agent Orange Exposure

Federal Register: Presumption of Herbicide Exposure and Presumption of Disability During Service for Reservists Presumed Exposed to Herbicides (10/22, final rule)

VA is Expanding Benefits to Agent Orange Exposed C-123 Veterans (Nat'l Legal Services Project)

Veterans and Military Law (Federal Bar Association)

Vietnam War veterans: health concerns and benefits (DAV)Guide to VA Benefits (Multiple Myeloma Assn.)

AGENT ORANGE Actions Needed to  Improve Accuracy and  Communication of  Information on Testing  and Storage  Locations (GAO Nov 2018)

Post-Vietnam Dioxin Exposure in Agent Orange–Contaminated C-123 Aircraft (IOM, June 2015)

Agent Orange Exposure Wars (American Legion)

Agent Orange Exposure Locations (VA Public Health)

Diseases Related to Agent Orange

VA expands disability benefits for Air Force personnel exposed to contaminated C-123 aircraft (VA blog)

VA begins awarding compensation for C-123 Agent Orange claims (VA blog)

Veterans Benefits Administration Fact Sheets

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

 Dr. Orange: The Secret Nemesis of Sick Vets — ProPublica

C-123 Agent Orange (ProPublica, Video)

"Dr. Orange, I presume?"-ProPublica

Veterans Affairs Official Downplays Agent Orange Risks, Questions Critics (ProPublica)

For decades,VA turned to one man on whether Agent Orange harmed vets. His reliable answer: No. (ProPublica)

Agent Orange's Reach Beyond Vietnam War (Washington Post)

"Spray Bird" Vets Battle VA for Agent Orange Benefits (AF Times)

Publications & Reports, 2018 (VA Public Health)

Agent Orange Newsletter 2018 (VA Public Health) (failed to include C-123 info)

Scientific American: Agent Orange Exposure Endangered Air Force Aircrews (January 2015)

Exposed Veterans Accuse VA of Foot-Dragging on Benefits (Huffpost, 2017)

CDC Report to VA: "C-123s unsafe in American airspace. Crews should have flown in full HAZMAT protection (Dr. C. Portier & Dr. T. Sinks) June 2012) June 2014

Post-Vietnam Military Exposures Aboard Agent Orange Spray Aircraft (Environmental Research, July 2014)

Air Heritage Museum Hosts Annual BBQ on 30 April To Support Its C-123 "Thunder Pig" & Keep Her Flying!

If you are anywhere near the Air Heritage Museum on April 30, stop there for great BBQ, see Thunder Pig, and help keep this last C-123 flying.