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Evaluation Procedures and Criteria
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Defoliant Screening Procedure
01. Application for registration (applicant)
Request for medical examination → VHS Hospital
- For those who served in areas adjacent to the Southern Limit Line: After service verification, request for medical examination (Army, Navy, or Air Force Headquarters)
Regional Office of Patriots and Veterans Affairs
02. Receipt of medical examination request
Send examination notice → Applicant → Undergo examination → Examination results forwarded → Regional Office of Patriots and Veterans Affairs
VHS Hospital
03. Notification of examination results
Applicant
Regional Office of Patriots and Veterans Affairs
Scope of Medical Expense Support
Examination Result | Regional Office of Patriots and Veterans Affairs | Applicant | |
|---|---|---|---|
Veterans Affairs Review Committee | Second-generation with potential defoliant aftereffect, and a person who died because of the aftereffects of defoliants | ||
Determination/Registration | Patients with aftereffects of defoliants | Physical examination for disability rating (VHS Hospital) | Soldier or police official wounded in action |
Patients with potential aftereffects of defoliants | Physical examination for disability rating (VHS Hospital) | Severe, moderate, or mild | |
Unclassified | |||
Not applicable |
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Criteria
Type | Actual aftereffects | Potential aftereffects | Second-generation patient suffering from actual aftereffects of defoliants |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Non-Hodgkin lymphoma | Soft tissue sarcoma | Spina bifida |
2 | Soft tissue sarcoma | Psoriasis vulgaris | Peripheral nervous system |
3 | Chloracne | Seborrheic dermatitis | Paraplegia due to spinal lesion |
4 | Peripheral nervous system | Chronic hives | |
5 | Porphyria cutanea tarda | Xerotic eczema | |
6 | Hodgkin lymphoma | Central nervous system disease | |
7 | Lung cancer | Cerebral infarction | |
8 | Laryngeal cancer | Multiple nerve paralysis | |
9 | Tracheal cancer | Multiple sclerosis | |
10 | Multiple myeloma | Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis | |
11 | Prostate cancer | Myopathy | |
12 | Buerger's disease | Malignant tumor | |
13 | Diabetes mellitus | Liver disease | |
14 | B-cell chronic leukemia | Hypothyroidism | |
15 | Chronic myelogenous leukemia | Hypertension | |
16 | Parkinson’s disease; | Cerebral hemorrhage | |
17 | Ischemic heart disease | Arteriosclerosis | |
18 | AL amyloidosis | Avascular necrosis | |
19 | Gallbladder cancer (including cholangiocarcinoma) | Hyperlipidemia | |
20 | Salivary gland cancer |
