Agent Orange & Prostate Cancer

MensNewsDaily.com ^ | October 19, 2008 | Robert A. Wascher, MD, FACS

[31R1O]

Here is the presumptive disabilities list for AO exposure:

If anyone has any specific questions, Freepmail me:

(e) Disease associated with exposure to certain herbicide agents. If a veteran was exposed to an herbicide agent during active military, naval, or air service, the following diseases shall be service-connected if the requirements of §3.307(a)(6) are met even though there is no record of such disease during service, provided further that the rebuttable presumption provisions of §3.307(d) are also satisfied.

Chloracne or other acneform disease consistent with chloracne
Type 2 diabetes (also known as Type II diabetes mellitus or adult-onset diabetes)
Hodgkin’s disease
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia
Multiple myeloma
Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
Acute and subacute peripheral neuropathy
Porphyria cutanea tarda
Prostate cancer
Respiratory cancers (cancer of the lung, bronchus, larynx, or trachea)
Soft-tissue sarcoma (other than osteosarcoma, chondrosarcoma, Kaposi’s sarcoma, or mesothelioma)

Note 1: The term soft-tissue sarcoma includes the following:

Adult fibrosarcoma
Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans
Malignant fibrous histiocytoma
Liposarcoma
Leiomyosarcoma
Epithelioid leiomyosarcoma (malignant leiomyoblastoma)
Rhabdomyosarcoma
Ectomesenchymoma
Angiosarcoma (hemangiosarcoma and lymphangiosarcoma)
Proliferating (systemic) angioendotheliomatosis
Malignant glomus tumor
Malignant hemangiopericytoma
Synovial sarcoma (malignant synovioma)
Malignant giant cell tumor of tendon sheath
Malignant schwannoma, including malignant schwannoma with rhabdomyoblastic differentiation (malignant Triton tumor), glandular and epithelioid malignant schwannomas
Malignant mesenchymoma
Malignant granular cell tumor
Alveolar soft part sarcoma
Epithelioid sarcoma
Clear cell sarcoma of tendons and aponeuroses
Extraskeletal Ewing’s sarcoma
Congenital and infantile fibrosarcoma
Malignant ganglioneuroma

Note 2: For purposes of this section, the term acute and subacute peripheral neuropathy means transient peripheral neuropathy that appears within weeks or months of exposure to an herbicide agent and resolves within two years of the date of onset.

[An American In Dairyland]

Thank you for your service.

[Chinstrap61a]

Thanks Buddy!

Semper Fi

[Harold Shea]

We used to use agent orange on the farm before
it was outlawed- the civilian name was 2-4-5-T then.

Got exposed to it in Viet Nam) (I believe)

I never had a problem thank God

There used to be some scary chemicals in use,some
were extremly dangerous.

[doctorwascher]

Interesting discussion.

For more of my columns related to prostate cancer research findings (and other health-related topics of interest), please browse my weekly health report at:

www.doctorwascher.com

Robert A. Wascher, MD, FACS
(Colonel, US Army, Retired)

[CRBDeuce]

AND children of Vietnam Veterans born with certain birth defects may be eligible for a monthly allowance, health care specific to the disability and vocational training if reasonably feasible.

VA beneficiaries site

[Harold Shea]

Thanks Dr.

Sent a link to your site to some VN vets I know

Lot of good information

Bookmarked

[DJ Taylor]

I too had extensive Agent Orange exposure in Vietnam and have been anxiously watching my PSA levels lately. Several of my old running partners from back then have already succumbed to prostate cancer but an equal number have successfully beat it.

I wrote about Agent Orange some time back and you might find it interesting. The story can be found at:

http://www.projectdelta.net/dry_hole.htm

[Chinstrap61a]

Thank you for your service and a really good story!

Watch that PSA: I knew I had a problem when mine jumped up during a six month period. It's not much fun to go through what I went through, but I'm alive for those kids of mine...

Semper Fi

[CRBDeuce]

What Chinstrap said!