New England Classic » agent orange http://www.newenglandclassic.org A Tour de Cure cycling event to benefit the American Diabetes Association Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:18:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Veterans and diabetes http://www.newenglandclassic.org/2007/11/12/veterans-and-diabetes/ http://www.newenglandclassic.org/2007/11/12/veterans-and-diabetes/#comments Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:45:53 +0000 admin http://www.newenglandclassic.org/2007/11/12/veterans-and-diabetes/ Vietnam veterans with type 2 diabetes are eligible for disability compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) based on their presumed exposure to Agent Orange or other herbicides. In 2000, the VA added type 2 diabetes to the list of “presumptive diseases associated with herbicide exposure.” That action followed a report from the National Academy of Sciences that found “limited/suggestive” evidence of an association between the chemicals used in herbicides during the Vietnam War, such as Agent Orange, and type 2 diabetes.

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