Hundreds of veterans who served in the Panama Canal Zone are being denied disability compensation for toxic exposure during ...

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 ...

The Veterans Affairs Department plans to build a system to process simplified claims for Vietnam veterans exposed to the toxic chemical Agent Orange, creating its first fully automated disability ...

Gay and lesbian servicemembers assigned more than 100 miles from a state where same-sex marriages are legal, or assigned overseas, will be granted extra days of leave to travel where they can marry ...

Thousands of aging veterans with identified illnesses who were stationed at U.S. bases where Agent Orange and other herbicides were tested, stored or used between 1940 and 1970 will become eligible ...

As a young GI at Fort Ord in Monterey County, California, Dean Osborn spent much of his time in the oceanside woodlands, training on soil and guzzling water from streams and aquifers now known to be ...

COLUMBIA COUNTY — Supervisor Gary Flaherty, R-Canaan, came to the Board of Supervisors County Government Committee meeting Tuesday bearing wonderful news for a segment of Vietnam War veterans. On ...

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An extra $3.2 billion increase in the government's liability for veterans' support was the only case of unallocated spending in the first six months of the current financial year, a report from the ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Vietnam veterans may soon get disability compensation for heart disease because of concerns about the defoliant Agent Orange. The Department of Veterans Affairs said Monday it ...