VA CORRECTS REGULATIONS TO ADD C-123 VETERANS

VA HAS BEEN CORRECTED!

The fundamental document guiding a veteran' eligibility for VA benefits is their regulation VHA DIRECTIVE 1601A.02.

Published in June 2017 it failed to include proper information about C-123 veterans. This was pointed out to them and a corrected version (see page 9) has now been released throughout the VA and supporting agencies:

The point is that C-123 vets ONLY need to prove C-123 duty and have a diagnosis for an Agent Orange associated illness.

Here is the additional C-123 language, page 9:

This term also includes an individual who has been determined by VA to have a service connected disability related to herbicide exposure under 38 CFR 3.307(a)(6)(v) who performed service in the Air Force or Air Force Reserve under circumstances in which the individual concerned regularly and repeatedly operated, maintained, or served onboard C-123 aircraft known to have been used to spray an herbicide agent during the Vietnam era.