To: President Donald Trump, Veteran's Administration, The United States House of Representatives, and The United States Senate
The Vern Ably Act: Vietnam Veteran's Agent Orange Reparations Act
This Act will add maladies including Esophageal Cancer to the presumptive list and readdress denied or ongoing claims for Veterans exposed to Agent Orange (AO) / Rainbow Herbicides who suffer maladies similar to those covered by the VA for Veterans exposed to BENZENE at Camp Lejeune. Agent Orange/Rainbow Herbicides are made up of variations of chlorinated BENZENE, nitrates, arsenic and other toxins known to cause Esophageal Cancer and other maladies, as well as DNA damage. This Act is meant to finally recognize these Veterans and their exposure maladies and provide the proper medical care and treatment as well as provide the financial and benefit compensation long overdue to them for their war time exposure. The Admiral Zumwalt Report shall be considered valid for AO claims.
Why is this important?
As a Widow of a Vietnam Veteran exposed to Agent Orange/Rainbow Herbicides who died of Esophageal Cancer, which I believe was caused by war time exposure to Agent Orange/Rainbow Herbicides, I can confirm that Vietnam Veterans and their survivors are still suffering the latent and delayed effects of Agent Orange (Rainbow Herbicides and components of Rainbow Herbicides). While other Veterans with similar maladies (like those at Camp Lejeune) suffer maladies and are covered by the VA, Veterans exposed to Agent Orange still fight for the same benefits, even though Rainbow Herbicides are made from" benzene" which is the same toxin found in the water at Camp Lejeune. We believe that the data identifying this and other maladies is being kept from public access in order to keep maladies like Esophageal Cancer off the presumptive list. This act is meant to fully address and provide reparation for the travesties these veterans and their families have perpetually suffered when the Admiral Zumwalt Report, the only "Time Relevant, HUMAN study (on exposed veterans)", that was ever performed, became a classified document kept from the public and from use in determining AO claims, thereby resulting in proliferated injuries by the Veterans and their families.