By Jim Fausone

When final rules come out, VA will add three new presumptive illnesses due to Agent Orange exposure – Parkinson’s disease, ischemic heart disease and B-cell leukemias. Over the next two years, VA expects 200,000 new claims for these illnesses. If you have any of these illnesses, submit a claim to VA now. VA wants to “fast track” those claims with a private-public partnership and maybe new software. Many are worried these new claims will get to the front of the line and the 1,000,000 claim back log will only get worse.

Read more at www.publichealth.va.gov/exposures/agentorange.