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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 |
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|---|---|---|---|
Veterans Affairs Review Committee |
Second-generation with potential defoliant aftereffect, and a person who died because of the aftereffects of defoliants |
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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 |
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Unclassified |
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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 |
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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 |
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19 |
Gallbladder cancer (including cholangiocarcinoma |
Hyperlipidemia |
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20 |
Salivary gland cancer |
