Regarding Agent Orange—if any of you have served in Vietnam or otherwise been exposed to Agent Orange make sure your VA provider knows this and that it is clearly documented in your record. The different VA facilities handle the Agent Orange matter very differently—some much better than others. I work VA contracts for research, and we were actually told NOT to annotate in the patient demographics if a vet or physician reported Agent Orange exposure, if it had not already been annotated. Not sure of the reason. Suspect the worst.
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Something other to consider is my situation. They stored Agent Orange on Okinawa where I was stationed twice from the mid 70s. And I have one of the conditions that meets the government authorized maladies. and every time that I go to the VA, I commented that I was probably exposed to it then. They still balk when I bring it up