On January 1, 2020, the William M Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 was passed into law. The new law adds three diseases to the list of those that are presumptively associated with exposure to herbicide agents, Agent Orange.

New Conditions

• Bladder Cancer
• Hypothyroidism and
• Parkinsonism or Parkinson like symptoms

The VA is committed to implementing the change in law and efforts are underway to develop procedures on the appropriate processing of these claims. The VA is eagerly awaiting further news to begin granting compensation for these newest presumptive conditions.  

Don’t wait to file your claim

If you have been previously denied for any of these conditions, please contact the Dorchester County Veterans Affairs office to file a Reconsideration of the previously denied claims. If you have one of these recognized diagnoses our office can assist you with filing a NEW Compensation claim.

Additional Agent Orange-related conditions: AL Amyloidosis

• Chronic B-Cell Leukemia
• Chloracne (if it presents within one year of exposure to a degree of 10 percent disabling)
• Diabetes Mellitus Type 2
• Hodgkin’s Disease
• Ischemic Heart Disease (including Coronary Artery Disease, stable and unstable angina, myocardial infarction, and sudden cardiac death)
• Multiple Myeloma
• Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
• Parkinson’s Disease
• Peripheral Neuropathy, Early Onset (if it presents within one year of exposure to a degree of 10 percent disabling)
• Porphyria Cutanea Tarda (if it presents within one year of exposure to a degree of 10 percent disabling)
• Prostate Cancer
• Respiratory Cancers, including Lung Cancer
• Soft Tissue Sarcomas (other than osteosarcoma, chondrosarcoma, Kaposi’s sarcoma, and mesothelioma)