The Veterans Affairs Department plans to build a system to process simplified claims for Vietnam veterans exposed to the toxic chemical Agent Orange, creating its first fully automated disability ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs plans to expand eligibility for Agent Orange disability benefits to Vietnam-era veterans who served at 129 locations in the U.S. during specific time frames, as well ...

Thousands of aging veterans with identified illnesses who were stationed at U.S. bases where Agent Orange and other herbicides were tested, stored or used between 1940 and 1970 will become eligible ...

As a young GI at Fort Ord in Monterey County, California, Dean Osborn spent much of his time in the oceanside woodlands, training on soil and guzzling water from streams and aquifers now known to be ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Thousands of veterans exposed to Agent Orange while serving in the United States will for the first time be eligible for ...

WASHINGTON — Billy Whyde, a Navy veteran in Columbus, Ohio, has filed five disability claims in 15 months with the Department of Veterans Affairs for a chronic neurological condition he said he ...

Ronald R. Renninger does not like to talk about his service during the Vietnam War, but his debilitating health conditions are a daily reminder. A decorated veteran, Renninger, 73, of Shillington, ...

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To understand the predicament of World War II veterans exposed to mustard gas, take a look at what happened to another set of American veterans who were exposed to a different toxic chemical. Last ...

As a Utah National Guard veteran with two deployments to Iraq, I’m furious at The Washington Post’s recent articles attacking veterans’ disability benefits. They framed it as though the VA is handing ...

As a wild-eyed young man who enjoyed fast cars and causing a stir in the Mid-Missouri community of Belle where he came of age in the late 1950s, Arlan Roesner always sought adventure. It is of little ...

Ending years of wait, the government agreed Thursday to provide disability benefits to as many as 2,100 Air Force reservists and active-duty forces exposed to Agent Orange residue on airplanes used in ...