VETERANS' ORGS SUE VA OVER TARDY AGENT ORANGE RULE

http://www.vawatchdog.org/10/nf10/nfmar10/nf031910-1.htm

It would be unconscionable for disabled veterans to miss out on months of benefits because the government could not get its act together to issue a regulation on time.

REPORT: VA TO ADD AGENT ORANGE PRESUMPTIVE DISEASES -- VA will add Parkinson's, ischemic heart disease and hairy-cell leukemia to list of diseases presumed to be caused by Agent Orange exposure.
http://www.vawatchdog.org/09/nf09/nfoct09/nf101309-5.htm

VA CONFIRMS NEW AGENT ORANGE PRESUMPTIVE DISEASES -- NOW WHAT? -- Approval of ischemic heart disease expected to clog VA's already backlogged disability benefits system.
http://www.vawatchdog.org/09/nf09/nfoct09/nf101409-1.htm

VA PUTS "STAY" ON CLAIMS FOR NEW AGENT ORANGE PRESUMPTIVES -- Regional Offices told to hold, or "stay," claims for ischemic heart disease, Parkinson's and B-cell leukemia related to AO exposure.
http://www.vawatchdog.org/09/nf09/nfdec09/nf120309-1.htm

VETS' GROUPS TO SUE VA IF AGENT ORANGE REGS AREN'T PUBLISHED BY MARCH 12 -- NVLSP, the Legion and MOPH say delay will harm the Vietnam veterans who suffer from VA's new presumptive diseases associated with Agent Orange exposure.
http://www.vawatchdog.org/10/nf10/nfmar10/nf030310-3.htm