Understanding the VA’s Timeline on Presumptive Herbicide Exposure
Use our herbicide exposure timeline to understand whether your condition should be presumptive due to agent orange exposure based on date the VA acknowledged the condition or location. If you believe your disability should be presumptive to agent orange exposure, you may need to refile, reopen, or appeal a past decision.
We highlight specific conditions and locations that were added by the PACT act below as well.
Date Disabilities Became Subject to Presumptive Service Connection Based Herbicide Exposure
Denotes changes created by the Pact Act.
February 5, 1991
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Chloracne or other acne-form disease soft tissue sarcoma other than:
- Osteosarcoma
- Chondrosarcoma
- Kaposi’s sarcoma
- Mesothelioma
February 6, 1991
- Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL)
February 3, 1994
- Porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT)
- Hodgkin’s disease
May 8, 2001
- Type 2 diabetes mellitus
November 7, 1996
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Respiratory cancers of the:
- lung
- bronchus
- larynx
- trachea
- Multiple myeloma
June 9, 1994
- Prostate cancer
- Acute and subacute peripheral neuropathy
October 16, 2003
- Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)
May 7, 2009
- AL amyloidosis
August 31, 2010
- Ischemic heart disease (IHD)
- Chronic B-cell leukemia
- Parkinson’s disease
- Hodgkin’s disease
January 10, 2022
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Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS)
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Hypertension
January 1, 2021
- Parkinsonism
- Bladder cancer
September 6, 2013
- Early-onset peripheral neuropathy
Locations and Time-frames Associated with Herbicide Exposure
Denotes changes created by the Pact Act.
Vietnam In-Country
January 9, 1962 to May 7, 1975
Blue Water Navy
January 9, 1962 to May 7, 1975
C-123 Aircraft
There is a presumption of herbicide exposure associated with certain C-123 aircraft activities, but these claims generally fall under the jurisdiction of the St. Paul RO as discussed in M21-1, Part VIII, Subpart i, 1.A.2
Thailand
At any United States or Royal Thai base, without regard to where on the base the Veteran was located or what military occupational specialty (MOS) the Veteran performed
C-123 Aircraft
There is a presumption of herbicide exposure associated with certain C-123 aircraft activities, but these claims generally fall under the jurisdiction of the St. Paul RO as discussed in M21-1, Part VIII, Subpart i, 1.A.2
Vietnam In-Country
January 9, 1962 to May 7, 1975
Blue Water Navy
January 9, 1962 to May 7, 1975
Thailand
At any United States or Royal Thai base, without regard to where on the base the Veteran was located or what military occupational specialty (MOS) the Veteran performed
Korean DMZ
September 1, 1967 to August 31, 1971
Laos
December 1, 1965 to September 30, 1969
Cambodia
April 16, 1969 to April 30, 1969
At Mimot or Krek, Kampong Cham Province
Korean DMZ
September 1, 1967 to
August 31, 1971
Laos
December 1, 1965 to
September 30, 1969
Cambodia
April 16, 1969 to April 30, 1969
At Mimot or Krek, Kampong Cham Province
Guam or American Samoa
January 9, 1962 to July 31, 1980
Or in the territorial waters thereof
Johnston Atoll
January 9, 1962 to July 31, 1980
Or on a ship that called at Johnston Atoll
Guam or American Samoa
January 9, 1962 to July 31, 1980
Or in the territorial waters thereof
Johnston Atoll
January 9, 1962 to July 31, 1980
Or on a ship that called at Johnston Atoll
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