Agent Orange Vets

[Berta]

This is the most recent doc. (pdf) at the NVLSP web site.(June 2006)

http://nvlsp.org/images/DMZUnitsExposedtoAgentOrange.pdf

As the PDF states (NVLSP) this could change and more units and brigades could be added.

ANY Korean vet who served in the area as defined in these regs during the time periods defined and who has a AO presumptive disability should file a SC claim.

[Berta]

To clarify-this is the AO exposure unit/brigade list: from NVLSP however any Korean vet should read the PDF I attached here in prior post and file a claim if they are on that list too-for the possibility that your unit will be included at some point-

State the presumptive AO disability you have and tell them how you were exposed, and when and where.

VA RECOGNIZES AGENT ORANGE USED IN KOREA

During the March 2003 VSCM call, we provided information regarding the use of Agent Orange in Korea along the DMZ, including the units in the area during the period in which Agent Orange was sprayed. DoD has provided a correction to two of the cited units. Previously reported as the 109th and 209th Infantry, those units were actually the 1/9th and 2/9th Infantry. A corrected listing of units follows:

The four combat brigades of the 2nd Infantry Division:

1-38 Infantry

2-38 Infantry

1-23 Infantry

2-23 Infantry

3-23 Infantry

3-32 Infantry

1-9 Infantry

2-9 Infantry

1-72 Armor

2-72 Armor

4-7th Cavalry

3rd Brigade of the 7th Infantry Division:

1-17th Infantry

2-17th Infantry

1-73rd Armor

2-10th Cavalry

If you receive a claim from a veteran who alleges service at the DMZ during the period April 1968 to July 1969, and who was assigned to one of the above units, please concede exposure to herbicides. Therefore, there is no need to contact C&P Service in these cases.

For all other claims of herbicide exposure, ask the claimant for a detailed description of the exposure, including the location, approximate date(s) and nature of the exposure. You should also ask the claimant for proof of exposure, such as "buddy" statements, photographs taken during service or letters written during service. Once the detailed exposure information is obtained and there is no evidence of exposure, provide this information to Cheryl Konieczny via email. We will then consult DoD's Agent Orange listing of use, test and disposal of Agent Orange.

See "News and Notes" from the Department of Veterans Affairs, St. Petersburg Regional Office.

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This is the most recent doc. (pdf) at the NVLSP web site.(June 2006)

http://nvlsp.org/images/DMZUnitsExposedtoAgentOrange.pdf

As the PDF states (NVLSP) this could change and more units and brigades could be added.

ANY Korean vet who served in the area as defined in these regs during the time periods defined and who has a AO presumptive disability should file a SC claim.

[Berta]

"My Unit is on the AO list, my unit was there prior and after. 1Aug 69. we had 50 to 90 rotations to the Z. my MOS was 94B30. but on the Z your MOS did not mean a thing. most of the nightly patrols were made up of cooks , clerks, supply, most of the time we had C-Rations twice a day one hot meal. we would team up with 1st/23Inf or 2nd 17th Inf.

Patrick"

Cooks and many supply servicemen could possibly have been on guard duty in the area where the AO was sprayed.

I hope you claimed this Patrick-if you have a presumptive condition-and I hope you can detail by records that you were in the specific south side swath of land that touches the Z--- during the specific time frame-

VA wants proof that the vet was on duty within that swath-as decribed previously