Agent Orange Registry Health Exam

This information is taken from the VA’s Agent Orange newsletter.

VA’s Agent Orange Registry health exam alerts veterans to possible long-term health problems that may be related to Agent Orange exposure during their military service. The registry data helps the VA better understand and respond more effectively to these health problems.

This free, comprehensive health exam includes an exposure history, medical history, physical exam and any tests if needed. A VA health professional will discuss the results face-to-face with the veteran and in a follow-up letter. A veteran does not need to be enrolled in VA health care to participate.

Eligible veterans include those who served in Vietnam between 1962 and 1975, including “Brown Water” and some “Blue Water” Navy veterans, and some veterans who served in the Korean Demilitarized Zone, Thailand, or other locations where there is documented use, storage, or testing of Agent Orange and other tactical herbicides.

If you’re interested in having an Agent Orange Registry health exam, please contact your local VA environmental health coordinator at:

* Sepulveda – Sheldon Hunter, coordinator, (818) 895-9528

* West LA – Jody Conn, coordinator, (310) 268-3522

VA has recognized certain cancers and other health problems as presumptive diseases* associated with exposure during military service to Agent Orange or other herbicides. Veterans and their survivors may be eligible for benefits for these diseases. These include: AL amyloidosis, Chronic B-cell Leukemia, Chloracne (or similar acne form disease), Diabetes Mellitus Type 2, Hodgkins Disease, Ischemic Heart Disease, Multiple Myeloma, Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, Parkinson’s Disease, Peripheral Neuropathy, Early onset, Porphyria Cutanea Tarda, prostate cancer, respiratory cancers (including lung cancer), soft tissue sarcomas (other than osteosarcoma, chondrosarcoma, Kaposi’s sarcoma or mesothelioma.

* VA assumes that certain diseases can be related to a veteran’s qualifying military service.

By being presumptive, no actual direct cause has to be proven.

Blake Hyfield is the post service officer for the local VFW and American Legion posts.

He can be reached at bhpegleg@yahoo.com.