Category: Exposure to Agent Orange & Other Herbicides

How Vietnam Veterans Win VA Disability Compensation Benefits for Agent Orange Exposure

Jul 24, 2017
Eric Gang, ESQ

Veterans exposed to Agent Orange in Vietnam have put up a long hard fight trying to get the VA disability benefits they deserve. An estimated 2.4 million U.S. service members were exposed to some level of Agent Orange in Vietnam between 1962 and 1971. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs […]

A New Study Could Expand a List of Diseases Known to be Associated with Agent Orange Exposure

Jan 9, 2017
Veterans Disability Info

A new study recently found a close correlation between Agent Orange exposure and high blood pressure. A study was published recently by VA researchers in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. This group of researchers found higher rates of hypertension among members of the Army Chemical Corps who handled […]

Hope for Toxicity Victims around the Navy’s Vieques Island Bio Weapons Site?

Nov 16, 2016
Eric Gang, ESQ

Fighting for veterans’ rights is seldom easy. Sometimes, the fight can take many years, and nothing compares to that moment when an honorable serviceman or woman receives the benefits they are rightfully entitled to. The system is far from perfect, and for my client, Hermogenes Marrero, that turned out to […]

VA Considers Adding New Diseases to the Agent Orange List

Oct 21, 2016
Eric Gang, ESQ

Department of Veterans’ Affairs (VA) Secretary Robert McDonald is considering adding several diseases to a list of 15 conditions associated with Agent Orange exposure. This move would help disabled Vietnam veterans and their families significantly by easing the path to service connection for benefits. So long as a veteran can […]