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... These actions were ultimately consolidated in the United States District Court for the Prepublication Copy – Uncorrected Proof
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... As a result of the continuing controversy, Congress passed the Agent Orange Act of 1991. This law designated certain diseases to be service connected and resulting from exposure to dioxins and other herbicide agents during service in Vietnam during the Vietnam era.
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... . Prepublication Copy – Uncorrected Proof
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... . The largest of these is the Disability Compensation Program which provides monthly payments and ancillary benefits totaling in excess of $30.8 billion to over 3.5 million veterans, in accordance with rates specified by law, in recognition of the average potential loss of earning capacity caused by a disability, disease, or death incurred or aggravated during active military service (VBA, 2006, p.
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... 1110. Basic entitlement -- "For disability resulting from personal injury suf fered or disease contracted in line of duty, or for aggravation of a preexisting in jury suffered or disease contracted in line of duty, in the active military, naval, or air service, during a period of war, the United States will pay to any veteran thus disabled and who was discharged or released under conditions other than dishon orable from the period of service in which said injury or disease was incurred, or preexisting injury or disease was aggravated, compensation as provided in this subchapter…, but no compensation shall be paid if the disability is a result of the veteran's own willful misconduct or abuse of alcohol or drugs" (Basic Entitlement.
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