Without medical evidence that affirms a connection between Agent Orange and myelodysplastic syndrome, patients have struggled to qualify for benefits.

WASHINGTON — From 1965 to 1970, an Air Force mission code-named "Operation Ranch Hand" sprayed around 12 million gallons of the toxic defoliant, Agent Orange, over 4.5 million acres in Vietnam.

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10)- It’s been over 50 years since Emil Baker was eating, sleeping, and fighting on the base known as “Rocket City” during the Vietnam War. However, the toxic fumes from Agent Orange ...

Vietnam Vets Take Fight for Agent Orange Benefits to Court The U.S. Veterans Administration should pay retroactive benefits to thousands of Navy veterans who served on ships off Vietnam’s coast for ...

A bill passed by the House on Thursday that would expand benefits for post-9/11 veterans sickened by burn pits and other battlefield pollutants also would affect more than a half-million veterans ...

The government has agreed to provide millions of dollars in disability benefits to as many as 2,100 Air Force reservists and active-duty forces exposed to Agent Orange residue on planes that had been ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs plans to expand eligibility for Agent Orange disability benefits to Vietnam-era veterans who served at 129 locations in the U.S. during specific time frames, as well ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — For the last decade, 9 Investigates has been pushing for answers for Vietnam vets who were exposed to Agent Orange on the island of Guam, then denied care. In 2017, we uncovered ...

A national prospective study has confirmed a long-suspected link between Agent Orange and a rare but serious form of blood ...

Sam Grenco, a "blue water" Navy Vietnam veteran who lives in Pine Knoll Shores, N.C., is not automatically eligible for disability benefits even though his health problems align with conditions known ...

April 15 (UPI) --A bipartisan bill introduced Thursday would allow Vietnam veterans who served in Thailand, Laos and Cambodia during the Vietnam War to qualify for disability benefits related to Agent ...

In this May 1966 file photo, a U.S. Air Force C-123 flies low along a South Vietnamese highway spraying defoliants on dense jungle growth beside the road to eliminate ambush sites for the Viet Cong ...