Military Veterans Advocacy, a veterans advocate group base
in Louisiana, is urging Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert Wilkie to have the
VA quickly create rules to compensate vets who served on Guam and Johnston
Island and were exposed to Agent Orange.
The request was first made a year ago.
‘No policies have yet
been crafted’
"Last spring, MVA representatives met with Wilkie, who
said he would look into the issue. Wilkie visited Guam in July, but no policies
have yet been crafted or implemented to provide care to sick and terminally ill
veterans with Agent Orange-related illnesses," MVA said in news release.
The organization has acquired and presented substantial
evidence that veterans who served on Guam between 1972 and 1980, and on
Johnston Island from 1972 to 1977, were exposed to toxins of Agent Orange,
Cmdr. John Wells, the MVA lead attorney, said in the release.
"Secretary Wilkie has that information. We understand
that federal agencies require some time to implement policies and new rules, but
our first request to Sec. Wilkie on this matter was on Dec. 3, 2018 – 366 days
ago. Veterans are sick and dying and can't get proper benefits from the
VA," he added.
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