(WRGB) Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is calling on fellow lawmakers to include expanded health care and benefits for veterans suffering from Agent Orange-related illnesses to the final Fiscal Year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
She is calling on House and Senate Armed Services Committee
leaders to maintain the amendment, to establish a presumption of service
connection for veterans exposed to Agent Orange in Vietnam, who are then
diagnosed with bladder cancer, hypothyroidism, and Parkinsonism.
More than 240,000 Vietnam-era veterans live in New York, and
thousands of them have received those diagnoses.
While the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) has long
established a link between these conditions and exposure to Agent Orange, the
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs continues to deny veterans desperately
needed care and benefits for these conditions.
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