Many of us older cowpokes spent a bit of time in Sunny SouthEast Asia. Turns out that our government spread about 21 million gallons of Agent Orange over hill and dale and Roy and Trigger..... :grin:
As of Nov 02, the VA has stated that those of us who were in RVN and have Type II diabetes are now entitled to compensation from the VA (check
http://www.vba.va.gov/bln/21/benefits/Herbicide/ for some more details)
I filled out the required form via internet (took about 3 hours over a period of two visits.) You will need your DD-214 plus know the names and addresses of doctors who diagnosed you.) After that you get some more paperwork via snail-mail and then, if you have all of the paperwork, they say it can take up to 250-365 days for it to be processed. :eek:
As I have just finished mine a couple of weeks ago, I'll keep you posted but it will be awhile.
Just wanted to be sure all the Pards knew of this.
CR
