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Entitlement to Service Connection Agent Orange Exposure Johnson Island

Appeal Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical & Regional Office North Dakota - The Issues: Entitlement to service connection for Type-II diabetes mellitus, including as secondary to Agent Orange Exposure Johnson Island. Learn more

Veterans and Agent Orange: Health Effects of Herbicides Used in Vietnam ( 1994 )

TABLE 4-5 Concentrations of TCDD in Samples of Agents Orange and Purple. Learn more

Summary Document Agent Orange at Johnston Island

During the period from 1972 to 1977, Johnston Island was used for storage of Agent Orange,
aka Herbicide Orange (HO). A total of 1.37 million gallons of HO in 26,300 fifty-five gallon
drums were transferred to Johnston Island from South Vietnam in 1972.
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Contaminants in Fishes from Johnston Atoll

Abstract. This study examined the distribution of military-industrial contaminants
accumulating in coral reef fishes in the lagoon of Johnston Atoll, Pacific Ocean.
This atoll was a major military base involved in nuclear and chemical weapons as well
as being a depot, transient airfield and harbor since the 1930's. The base was closed and abandoned in 2003.
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Johnston Atoll History

When first discovered, Johnston Atoll was very much like many other Pacific atolls.
It's importance grew with the onset of World War II, continuing during atomic testing in the Pacific.
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Spina Bifida is the only birth defect VA recognizes as being linked to exposure to Agent Orange in the children of male Vietnam veterans.

Spina Bifida

Spina Bifida is the only birth defect recognized by the VA linked to Agent Orange in the children of male Vietnam veterans.
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