Veterans seek coverage related to Agent Orange exposure
http://www.stargazette.com/article/20091025/NEWS01/910250370/1113/Veterans-seek-coverage-related-to-Agent-Orange-exposure
New bill would give treatment to all who served in Vietnam
http://www.stargazette.com/article/20091025/NEWS01/910250370/1113/Veterans-seek-coverage-related-to-Agent-Orange-exposure
New bill would give treatment to all who served in Vietnam
"When Wayne Rademaker underwent prostate cancer surgery in 2007, the Department of Veterans Affairs denied him coverage, even though he'd been exposed to Agent Orange in Vietnam in 1969.
The water that the 60-year-old Oakfield, N.Y., resident drank and showered with aboard the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany in the Tonkin Gulf contained traces of the toxic defoliant.
But to save money, the VA years ago stopped covering Vietnam veterans who didn't serve on the ground."
