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Agent Orange

Tagged: Veterans Disability

This topic has 4 replies, 4 voices, and was last updated 1 year, 10 months ago by Dale Reagan.

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May 27, 2022 at 10:07 am #58204

Dale Reagan
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My husband is a Vietnam vet who was exposed to agent orange. Does anyone know or have applied for disability with the VA because they have MDS? He had a transfusion last week of 2 units of blood and 1 unit of platelets. Yesterday he received 2 units of platelets. His WBC was 1, RBC was 9 which was good and his platelets were same as last week a 4.

May 27, 2022 at 2:41 pm #58205

Minnie
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My neighbor was a Vietnam vet and doesn’t have cancer but some other ailments. He qualified for disability and got back back pay from the veterans. I’m on another site which is a blood cancer. All of the vets on there have disability from the veterans. Apply immediately and get the money your husband deserves

May 29, 2022 at 4:03 pm #58207

Bill Corbin
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I am a Vietnam Veteran also. I was diagnosed with MDS in November 2021. I applied to the VA for a disability based on a diagnosis of MDS after having served in Vietnam in 1971-72. My application was based on presumptive Agent Orange exposure. The VA denied my disability application because MDS is not a presumptive disease associated with Agent Orange. The VA informed me that they would reconsider if I could provide scientific proof that Agent Orange can cause MDS. Naturally I can not do that.

May 30, 2022 at 10:21 am #58208

Anonymous
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Here are some resources on Agent Orange and Myelodysplastic Syndromes. You can also email ahassan@mds-foundation.org for more information.

https://video.search.yahoo.com/search/video?fr=mcafee&ei=UTF-8&p=agent+orange+and+mds+webinar&type=E211US1079G0#id=3&vid=50d16ef32da14b576d7f282def874db4&action=click

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7268906/

https://www.aamds.org/agent-orange-united-states-military-veterans-and-myelodysplastic-syndromes

Myelodysplastic Syndromes and Agent Orange

June 16, 2022 at 7:24 am #58313

Dale Reagan
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Update on my husband:
He passed away last Thursday June 9,2022.
His last transfusion was on May 31 at the ER admitted overnight. His hemoglobin count was 5 so he was given 4 units of blood. After that he had one good day. He was so weak he probably wouldn’t survive another trip like that & opted for hospice and passed away 2 days later. It breaks my heart this terrible disease took him. And I blame Agent Orange for starting this horrible roller coaster from bladder cancer, chemo and down to MDS.
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