A four year battle with the Department of Veterans Affairs<\/a> (VA) over whether Air Force Reservists<\/a> who flew C-123 planes should get Agent Orange<\/a> benefits is almost at an end. We have written previously on the inexplicable delays these reservists have experienced.<\/p>\n But now, the waiting game is almost over as VA Secretary Robert McDonald said he plans to make an announcement in the coming weeks about health care benefits for the crews who flew C-123 aircraft. Many of those planes were used during Vietnam to pray Agent Orange over the countryside, and they continued to be used after the war.<\/p>\n Multiple Air National Guard<\/a> units used these reserve planes in various states across the U.S.<\/p>\n Up until January of this year, there was some uncertainty as to whether reservists had, in fact, been exposed to the herbicide. But an Institute of Medicine study released in January challenged that uncertainty.<\/p>\n The Institute of Medicine<\/a> researchers (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A four year battle with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) over whether Air Force Reservists who flew C-123 planes should get Agent Orange benefits is almost at an end. We have written previously on the inexplicable delays these reservists…<\/span><\/p>\n