Agent Orange
Agent Orange & Dioxin Committee Update November/December 2021
December 8, 2021
BY MAYNARD KADERLIK, CHAIR The committee conducted meetings to discuss issues that affect veterans and P.L.114-315, The Jeff Miller and Richard Blumenthal Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2016, which contains provisions for…
Agent Orange & Dioxin Committee Update September/October 2021
October 4, 2021
BY MAYNARD KADERLIK, CHAIR If you haven’t filed for the recent three added Agent Orange presumptives, do that soon. They are bladder cancer, hypothyroidism, and Parkinson-like symptoms. The committee has been having regular meetings to…
Agent Orange & Dioxin Committee Update July/August 2021
July 15, 2021
BY MAYNARD KADERLIK, CHAIR Since my last column, some things have been moving along. The AO Committee had a Zoom meeting April 8 and discussed important issues for veterans and their children. We came up…
Agent Orange & Dioxin Committee Update May/June 2021
June 28, 2021
BY MAYNARD KADERLIK, CHAIR First, a correction: In the last issue I reported that legislation had been passed that removed the one-year cut-off date for chloracne, acute/subacute peripheral neuropathy, and cutanea tarda. I was premature…
Agent Orange & Dioxin Committee Update March/April 2021
March 29, 2021
BY MAYNARD KADERLIK, CHAIR We hope that with a new presidential administration veterans will be taken care of more quickly. We are grateful for the issues the previous administration resolved. Three presumptives were attached to…
Agent Orange & Dioxin Committee Update January/February 2021
February 6, 2021
BY MAYNARD KADERLIK, CHAIR With the override of President Trump’s veto, the National Defense Authorization Act became law. Included in it is recognition—finally—of three presumptive illnesses associated with exposure to Agent Orange. The AO Committee…
Agent Orange & Dioxin Committee Update November/December 2020
November 25, 2020
BY MAYNARD KADERLIK, CHAIR This column is short and to the point. In the last issue I described the confusion the VA has created with P.L.114-315, the kids’ law. The committee has met on this…
Agent Orange & Dioxin Committee Update September/October 2020
September 10, 2020
BY MAYNARD KADERLIK, CHAIR I hope all VVA members and staff and their families are well during these uncertain times. Recently I received an email from a veteran who wanted to know when the VA…
Agent Orange & Dioxin Committee Update July/August 2020
June 29, 2020
BY MAYNARD KADERLIK, CHAIR With the pandemic much has changed, but there’s not much movement for veterans as far as the four presumptives. We have waited more than four years for the VA Secretary to…
Agent Orange & Dioxin Committee Update January/February 2019
February 21, 2019
BY MAYNARD KADERLIK, CHAIR November and December were busy. Along with VVA staff, I attended a meeting in D.C. held by the NASEM on Veterans and Agent Orange Update 10-2014. Also in December nine people…