VA Expands Disability Benefits for Air Force Personnel Exposed to Contaminated C-123 Aircraft

by Gary Kopycinski on June 18, 2015

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WASHINGTON â(ENEWSPF)âJune 18, 2015. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) today published a new regulation that expands eligibility for some benefits for a select group of Air Force Veterans and Air Force Reserve personnel who were exposed to the herbicide Agent Orange through regular and repeated contact with contaminated C-123 aircraft that had been used in Vietnam as part of Operation Ranch Hand (ORH).