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IMPORTANT LINKS FOR CHILDREN OF VETERANS EXPOSED TO AGENT ORANGE

 1.  FAQ

a.  Frequently Asked Questions – Vietnam

 

2.  Legislation

a.  Important Legislation:  PASSED SIGNED INTO LAW, Toxic Exposure Research Act 2015 “This legislation, a necessary first step, has been a top priority for VVA,” noted Rowan. “It will lay the groundwork for the research we need on the health of our children and grandchildren, whom we believe have been impacted by exposures during our military service–and in keeping with our founding principle, ‘Never again will one generation of veterans abandon another,’ this legislation will ensure that our newer veterans will not have to wait 50 years for answers.”

b.  Other Important Legislation affecting veterans and their families

 

3.  Facebook Groups

a.  Agent Orange Living with Agent Orange:  A support group for families of veterans exposed to Agent Orange and the veteran.

b.  Agent Orange Legacy – Chiari:  Chiari Malformation affects a large number of adult children of veterans exposed to Agent Orange. It is our intent to gather details from as many adult children as we can.   We will then petition the VA to recognize Chiari as a qualifying birth defect associated with Veterans’ qualifying service in Vietnam or Korea.

c.  Toxic Military Exposures Our Health:  The purpose of this group is to begin to gather information from the wives, widows, partners and mothers of the children of veterans lost to Agent Orange and other toxic military exposures.

 

4.  Veteran Descendants Health Regisitries:  The only National birth defect registry in the United States. This registry is sponsored by Birth Defect Research for Children. It has two special sections that collect data on military exposures in Vietnam and during the Gulf War. National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) offers two rare disease patient registries

 

5.  Resources

a.  LOVME Reported Illness List

 

6.  Birth Defect Research for Children:  National Birth Defect Registry

a.  Register now:  Important Message to Children of Veterans Exposed to Agent Orange

b.  BDRC Children Center Petition:  Sign the Petition 

c.  Agent Orange Birth Defects by Betty Mekdecki, Direction of Birth Defect Research for Children

 

7.  Veterans’ Claims and Appeals

a.  Important Message to Children of Vets Exposed to Agent Orange:  File Form 21-0304

b.  Agent Orange Legacy – Chiari  Two (2) biological children of veterans exposed to Agent Orange  have been approved for Entitlement to a monetary allowance under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1805, because it was found that, in both appeals, Chiari is a form and manifestation of spina bifida.

 

8.  Veteran’s Records

a.  Request Your Military Service Records Online, by Mail, or by Fax (Includes DD 214/Separation Documents, Personnel Records, and/or Medical Records)

 

9.  Agent Orange Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial – AOVVM 

a.   AOVVM on facebook an online memorial honoring the lives of our veteran’s and their children lost to Agent Orange.

b.  To add your veteran or the veteran’s child lost to Agent Orange, just click on the link below for the veteran or the veteran’s child:

(1)  Add your veteran here

(2)  Add the veteran’s child here

10.  Faces of Agent Orange:  An Agent Orange education campaign; a project of Vietnam Veterans of America

a.  Town Hall Meeting Schedule

b.  Has Your Child or Grandchild’s Health Been Affected by Your Military Service?

 

11.  Medical Research

a.  Study Links Autism to Epigenetic Changes in Dad’s Sperm:  Findings suggest that fathers’ exposure to environmental hazards may alter gene activity in ways that predispose children to autism.

b.  Woman Links Cancer to Fathers’ Exposure to Agent Orange

c.  Are you a Vietnam Veteran?  Help Us Investigate the Impact of Agent Orange

d.  15 Signs of Chari Malformation in Babies

e.  NIH Scientists Uncover Genetic Explanation for Frustrating Syndrome

f.  Reports link Agent Orange exposure and birth defects

My dad was in Vietnam and is a service-connected disabled veteran; how can I get help through my father’s claim with the VA?

My dad was in Vietnam and is a service-connected disabled veteran; how can I get help through my father’s claim with the VA?
There are a number of benefits for the dependents of service-connected disabled veterans. Among these are education benefits. There also may be additional benefits at the state level.

There also is a Helpless Child Program Ch.07-1. The disabled veteran may also be eligible to receive additional funds for any dependent children.

Minors of a deceased disabled veteran are eligible to receive Dependents Indemnity Compensation (DIC)

Founder of Agent Orange Legacy, speaks out about the Vietnam War and its aftermath.

Disabled Child of a Vietnam Veteran, Danielle Perry Reyes, Founder of Agent Orange Legacy, speaks out about the Vietnam War and its aftermath.She also Speaks out about Agent Orange/Dioxin and the affects all of this had on her life. Danielle mentions some of her illnesses in the video; recently she was diagnosed with gastroparesis. She has been sick all of her life with many mysterious medical conditions. ~ Agent Orange Legacy~

Founder of Agent Orange Legacy, speaks out about the Vietnam War and its aftermath.