Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Update, New Agent Orange Claims

Veterans Health National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Update

The website for the VA National Center for PTSD is easy to search and contains a wealth of information, including Returning from the War Zone Guide, Understanding PTSD, and a VA PTSD Program locator. Check out the new video entitled PTSD Treatment Works.

VA Began Paying Benefits for New Agent Orange Claims as of November 1, 2010

Up to 200,000 Vietnam Veterans are potentially eligible to receive VA disability compensation for medical conditions recently associated with Agent Orange. The expansion of coverage involves B-cell (or hairy-cell) leukemia, Parkinson’s disease and ischemic heart disease. Veterans interested in applying for disability compensation under one of the three new Agent Orange presumptive conditions may go online to the Agent Orange Fast Track Claims Processing System, call 1-800-827-1000 or contact a Veterans Service Organization for assistance.