A SUMMARY OF Veterans Benefits Are you aware of your benefits? Attention Vietnam Veterans o was widempreod use of Agert Orange during Soux Fol ond Minneopolie A honptolh hove VA primory o ered in Vetnom o tont my offee fora briel intervie lcontinuet meet Venom vnho nel wore of A tons egording the so-teled "presumive daeose very importont for Vetnam veterore to knowwhathoe Salom is more soek ilernation pertoining to Vatnom rn el on ofher information pen l ean Wah quetionm pleose coll s07.31-3522 or stop coused by vonge le byee looel o45 US Hig , Windem Ofice hours ore Mondoy through Fridoy, a00 am. to 430 pm You may oho vist our county webste at- www.cellened.mn. n oddion te ponble disobily berelins isthe le hot oVietnom veteran presumedto hove been eposed toAgent Orange heshe moet kely quolifes for VA healh core. A with ol eont cly ing the VA heolh core sytem. aisorh noting thot terons da net eed to diacont using their local private heolth core foolies. Mony veterom v both syema depending on their indivdvol reeds ond Gemdonces Al,amportoer to ngwthor boe Thank youl Todd Dble. Cotonwood County Velerans Senvice Officer Vietnam Blue Water Navy Veterans Diseases Associated with Agent Orange VETERAN and Marine Corps Veterans, Surviving Spouses and Children e Woter Nory ond Morine Corps Veteronaing, A eshe cetin disses con be releted o Wterans quoldying miltary ervice. We coll these preumpve dsee VA hos recognioed certoin concers ond her heh probles o premie dines oocioted wh epore Exposure to Agent Orange in Vietnam the purposes of A compensotion benel. poure to the deodly herbicide known on Agent Orange Ary teron who served on oship thot operoted 12 notical mile of he coeline of Vetnom or Combodia during the Vetnom War ond hoe ony ognosed n dAgent Orangeshoulde loim for monetory disobility ond suivors benefh Ae Veterone ond eir suvivors may be elgible for disobilty comperion o vis berelas feese dieoes AL Amyloidos-Arore diee coed when on obnomal protein, ooid, enten os or orgons Conie cel lekemiosAe of concer which les we blood cell Chlorocne jor similor ocne form disece-A condition thot ocours soon oher exposure to chemical ond lois le common forof one seen ineenoges Oronge or oher herbicides during mtory service. to have been eposed to herticide, os speciled in the Age Oronge Aai of 1 hee Vranpo ddion e or child ma be eedte VA hon hey were eposed to Agent Orange r her contributed to the veteron deoh. erticides in order to get diotiy compenion tor diseones neloted to Ape Orangepoure Service in Vetnam include *Set foot in Vetnom (This includes briel iis ohoe. ch oseneie decked the hore of Vieom when a thip operated in Vietinom' close coatol waten d o , noller es o the ship wnt ohore wih eles or peronnal the Wateran furarmt provide a d edeeose VA recognis o ocoted wh Ape personolly going ohore Korean Demilitarized Zone & Agent Orange Exposure to herbicides Diebetes Melin Type 2A diseose charocterieed by de d r n n he body'soblity Aprl 1, 1968 ond Auguat 31, 191 ond who to respond properly to the hormone insuln Hodgkin's Disease-Amoligrant lymphoma loone choroericed by progrsive enlorgemetl the lyngh nodes, e, nd spleen, ond by progressive onemia lachemic Heort Disnose-Adieone chorocterioed by a reduced supplyol blood to the heort, o leods to e de poin luchemic Heorn DiseoseAdeoe charaeriaed by a reduced upply of blood to the heat thet leod to hed poin Multiple MyelomaAconcer of plouna cel, a type of white blood cel in bone morow Non Hodgkin's mphomeA grove of conces t eceph glond nd ter e Porkinaon's DiseoseA progreuie daorder of the nerous vystem thot offech muce movement Perigherel Neunepety Acvte end SubocteA eros ytem condtion fhot coues umbne ingling and molor weokness. Currenty, must be of least 10 peroen disobling within one year of herbicide exponure and resolve wnwo yeor VA proposed on Aug 10. Ornge espoe ore presmed t hove leen esed to herbicides. Thee Veterons do no hove to how hey were eposed to Apent Oronge to be eligble for disobility compensotion for these dses Seved on a ship whletoperoted on the inland oters ol Vaom VA ond e Depoeto Delene mt deterine Wans unt operoted in the DMt re ond e eran wan physicolly here. e Wer Veterons ore nge pretumed o hoe been posed to Agent Oronge or ofher herbicides Oed VAs lut of uS Novy ond Cooel Guard uhipe thot operoted in Vietnom, Evidence confirmed trough militory ecord mud ow he Velnws oboord one thee shies Noise Exposure erons may he been poed to horm noise during miory servion in combat oining, ond generol job dutes. Noise con come from gunfire. plosis, racas, heory weopons j and oiroiat, end mochinery Heolh problems relted to noigeHahintensiy noie Thailand Military Bases & Agent Orange Exposure nan-er Veteron whose service involed duty on or neor the peimeters of milory boses in Tholond onfime between Februry 28, 91 and Moy 7. 1975m hove been epeedoherbicides ond my qualify foi VA bene dvirolion con coe or conie o hering les ond intua inging in the eorl The Inettue of Medicine publahed a 2005 report Nie end Mtory Service: Implicotions for Heoring Lons ond Teni ond elminalethe requirement thot tymploms resolve wihin The following Wenana moy hoe been erposed to herbicides US A force Vterns ho served on Royel hai A Force kTA boes ot U-opoo, Ubon, Nokhon hanom, Udom, Toh, Korot and Don Mgeor the oir bene perimter onytime behwen februy 2. 196 nd May 7, 1975 Heh concenst you ore concemed ohout heth problema oociated with none eponure during your ory service, ok your hea core provider or local VA Einmetl He Coordet W envlled inte VA heoth core tem, find out you qualily for VA Porghyria Cutonea TardeAdsorder choroderoed netion and by thinning and blistering of the by | mbe l 1o percent disoblingwin oe ye Under 's roting regulotion esposure to herbicides Prostote Concer-Concer of the proutate, one of the mo common oncers omeng men Repirotory Concers fincludes lung concert-Cances of the ung loryn, raches, ond bronch Soh Tiasue Soroomas fother than oeteosortomo chondiosorcama, Koposs sancoma, e mesonheliomal- A group of diferent types of cancen in body teu uch on munce, fot, blood ond lymph vesels, ond conmective health core VA benefi-Veterans moy be eligble for VA disobility compensoton benefi ond e problema oocioted with noise eponure during mitory service US Amy Veterona who provided perimeter security on RAF bases in thalond orytime beten Februery 28 1961 end Mey 7, 1975 US Amy Veteresheeoned on ome nel Amy instolatonsin Thoiland anyte teten febray 28. 19st ond May 7, 1975. However, the Amy Veleron mt hove been o member olemry police M wos oigned on MP miory occupotional specialty whose duty ploced him/her of or neor the bose perimeter co berelas he All Veterans with Lou Gehrig's Disease oll veterone diognoed wh La Gehrig's Diseoe Jomyotrophic laterl sler ALS eA Tprmumes a reloed lo their servioe Chldren with B DelectVA preumes cotin bih defech in chldren of Vetnom ond Korea Velerona To receive benefits for disemes asociated with herbicide pot hese Velerors m showon o fochvol bosis har they wee eposed to herbicides during their servioe an shown by evidence of daily work duies, perfomane olvoton report, or oher oredible evidence edh teron volyng ry servioe Camp Lejoune Water Contaminants Ths is for oll veterwith leo 90 dan detioune ey servewho edoy bch ding any period. ALSnot lated to Agent Oronge This oho means the poue of thee erans may be tedA benefs rel for Comp laune Veterons and foily members include heol coe for 15 anditons lted eHonring verio's erons ond Coring for Comp Lejeone Fomilen Act of 2012. Veterona con recele disobility gred he coe benel for eight presumptive d tninerse * * * oter ot Comp Leine Attention Veterans & Spouses If pohave ony qutions on eny d these benele contod Minnesote Deportment of Velevons Afoirs has a progrom for velorons ond their dependents colledhe Stote Soldiers Asistonoe Progrm SS Ts progrem i toe their local provider for dental procedures upto 1,000 eoch and opticaleoma ond eye glossesve to Se00 eoch. Ausel imits de NOT coua home, omob o Cottonwood County Veterans Service Officer TODD DIBBLE peronl This program hes ouied mony veteras ond their fomileswith much needed deal and opfical anitonce. Below a o toble thowing monhly income ond ouet m yo k you mey ouol simply coll or top by he Coonood County Velerons Servion Office Please call lor on oppointment: 507-831-5522 Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday thru Friday 41385 Hwy. 71. PO Box 201. Windom, MN 56101 Fomily Memben Monthly Income Limi S1912 $3,000 $2,267 $5.000 52,459 55,000 Aset Lim $5.000 This ed mode possible throvghe gro by the Minnesota Deporiment of Veteana Afoin Special Needs progrom hon osited veterons ond their fomilas with such things on medicol bil, home replome moces, opelionces heringi, e poto remember that the Special Needs program does nat hoeoic income and aet . minnesotaveteran.org 1-888-linkvet A SUMMARY OF Veterans Benefits Are you aware of your benefits? Attention Vietnam Veterans o was widempreod use of Agert Orange during Soux Fol ond Minneopolie A honptolh hove VA primory o ered in Vetnom o tont my offee fora briel intervie lcontinuet meet Venom vnho nel wore of A tons egording the so-teled "presumive daeose very importont for Vetnam veterore to knowwhathoe Salom is more soek ilernation pertoining to Vatnom rn el on ofher information pen l ean Wah quetionm pleose coll s07.31-3522 or stop coused by vonge le byee looel o45 US Hig , Windem Ofice hours ore Mondoy through Fridoy, a00 am. to 430 pm You may oho vist our county webste at- www.cellened.mn. n oddion te ponble disobily berelins isthe le hot oVietnom veteran presumedto hove been eposed toAgent Orange heshe moet kely quolifes for VA healh core. A with ol eont cly ing the VA heolh core sytem. aisorh noting thot terons da net eed to diacont using their local private heolth core foolies. Mony veterom v both syema depending on their indivdvol reeds ond Gemdonces Al,amportoer to ngwthor boe Thank youl Todd Dble. Cotonwood County Velerans Senvice Officer Vietnam Blue Water Navy Veterans Diseases Associated with Agent Orange VETERAN and Marine Corps Veterans, Surviving Spouses and Children e Woter Nory ond Morine Corps Veteronaing, A eshe cetin disses con be releted o Wterans quoldying miltary ervice. We coll these preumpve dsee VA hos recognioed certoin concers ond her heh probles o premie dines oocioted wh epore Exposure to Agent Orange in Vietnam the purposes of A compensotion benel. poure to the deodly herbicide known on Agent Orange Ary teron who served on oship thot operoted 12 notical mile of he coeline of Vetnom or Combodia during the Vetnom War ond hoe ony ognosed n dAgent Orangeshoulde loim for monetory disobility ond suivors benefh Ae Veterone ond eir suvivors may be elgible for disobilty comperion o vis berelas feese dieoes AL Amyloidos-Arore diee coed when on obnomal protein, ooid, enten os or orgons Conie cel lekemiosAe of concer which les we blood cell Chlorocne jor similor ocne form disece-A condition thot ocours soon oher exposure to chemical ond lois le common forof one seen ineenoges Oronge or oher herbicides during mtory service. to have been eposed to herticide, os speciled in the Age Oronge Aai of 1 hee Vranpo ddion e or child ma be eedte VA hon hey were eposed to Agent Orange r her contributed to the veteron deoh. erticides in order to get diotiy compenion tor diseones neloted to Ape Orangepoure Service in Vetnam include *Set foot in Vetnom (This includes briel iis ohoe. ch oseneie decked the hore of Vieom when a thip operated in Vietinom' close coatol waten d o , noller es o the ship wnt ohore wih eles or peronnal the Wateran furarmt provide a d edeeose VA recognis o ocoted wh Ape personolly going ohore Korean Demilitarized Zone & Agent Orange Exposure to herbicides Diebetes Melin Type 2A diseose charocterieed by de d r n n he body'soblity Aprl 1, 1968 ond Auguat 31, 191 ond who to respond properly to the hormone insuln Hodgkin's Disease-Amoligrant lymphoma loone choroericed by progrsive enlorgemetl the lyngh nodes, e, nd spleen, ond by progressive onemia lachemic Heort Disnose-Adieone chorocterioed by a reduced supplyol blood to the heort, o leods to e de poin luchemic Heorn DiseoseAdeoe charaeriaed by a reduced upply of blood to the heat thet leod to hed poin Multiple MyelomaAconcer of plouna cel, a type of white blood cel in bone morow Non Hodgkin's mphomeA grove of conces t eceph glond nd ter e Porkinaon's DiseoseA progreuie daorder of the nerous vystem thot offech muce movement Perigherel Neunepety Acvte end SubocteA eros ytem condtion fhot coues umbne ingling and molor weokness. Currenty, must be of least 10 peroen disobling within one year of herbicide exponure and resolve wnwo yeor VA proposed on Aug 10. Ornge espoe ore presmed t hove leen esed to herbicides. Thee Veterons do no hove to how hey were eposed to Apent Oronge to be eligble for disobility compensotion for these dses Seved on a ship whletoperoted on the inland oters ol Vaom VA ond e Depoeto Delene mt deterine Wans unt operoted in the DMt re ond e eran wan physicolly here. e Wer Veterons ore nge pretumed o hoe been posed to Agent Oronge or ofher herbicides Oed VAs lut of uS Novy ond Cooel Guard uhipe thot operoted in Vietnom, Evidence confirmed trough militory ecord mud ow he Velnws oboord one thee shies Noise Exposure erons may he been poed to horm noise during miory servion in combat oining, ond generol job dutes. Noise con come from gunfire. plosis, racas, heory weopons j and oiroiat, end mochinery Heolh problems relted to noigeHahintensiy noie Thailand Military Bases & Agent Orange Exposure nan-er Veteron whose service involed duty on or neor the peimeters of milory boses in Tholond onfime between Februry 28, 91 and Moy 7. 1975m hove been epeedoherbicides ond my qualify foi VA bene dvirolion con coe or conie o hering les ond intua inging in the eorl The Inettue of Medicine publahed a 2005 report Nie end Mtory Service: Implicotions for Heoring Lons ond Teni ond elminalethe requirement thot tymploms resolve wihin The following Wenana moy hoe been erposed to herbicides US A force Vterns ho served on Royel hai A Force kTA boes ot U-opoo, Ubon, Nokhon hanom, Udom, Toh, Korot and Don Mgeor the oir bene perimter onytime behwen februy 2. 196 nd May 7, 1975 Heh concenst you ore concemed ohout heth problema oociated with none eponure during your ory service, ok your hea core provider or local VA Einmetl He Coordet W envlled inte VA heoth core tem, find out you qualily for VA Porghyria Cutonea TardeAdsorder choroderoed netion and by thinning and blistering of the by | mbe l 1o percent disoblingwin oe ye Under 's roting regulotion esposure to herbicides Prostote Concer-Concer of the proutate, one of the mo common oncers omeng men Repirotory Concers fincludes lung concert-Cances of the ung loryn, raches, ond bronch Soh Tiasue Soroomas fother than oeteosortomo chondiosorcama, Koposs sancoma, e mesonheliomal- A group of diferent types of cancen in body teu uch on munce, fot, blood ond lymph vesels, ond conmective health core VA benefi-Veterans moy be eligble for VA disobility compensoton benefi ond e problema oocioted with noise eponure during mitory service US Amy Veterona who provided perimeter security on RAF bases in thalond orytime beten Februery 28 1961 end Mey 7, 1975 US Amy Veteresheeoned on ome nel Amy instolatonsin Thoiland anyte teten febray 28. 19st ond May 7, 1975. However, the Amy Veleron mt hove been o member olemry police M wos oigned on MP miory occupotional specialty whose duty ploced him/her of or neor the bose perimeter co berelas he All Veterans with Lou Gehrig's Disease oll veterone diognoed wh La Gehrig's Diseoe Jomyotrophic laterl sler ALS eA Tprmumes a reloed lo their servioe Chldren with B DelectVA preumes cotin bih defech in chldren of Vetnom ond Korea Velerona To receive benefits for disemes asociated with herbicide pot hese Velerors m showon o fochvol bosis har they wee eposed to herbicides during their servioe an shown by evidence of daily work duies, perfomane olvoton report, or oher oredible evidence edh teron volyng ry servioe Camp Lejoune Water Contaminants Ths is for oll veterwith leo 90 dan detioune ey servewho edoy bch ding any period. ALSnot lated to Agent Oronge This oho means the poue of thee erans may be tedA benefs rel for Comp laune Veterons and foily members include heol coe for 15 anditons lted eHonring verio's erons ond Coring for Comp Lejeone Fomilen Act of 2012. Veterona con recele disobility gred he coe benel for eight presumptive d tninerse * * * oter ot Comp Leine Attention Veterans & Spouses If pohave ony qutions on eny d these benele contod Minnesote Deportment of Velevons Afoirs has a progrom for velorons ond their dependents colledhe Stote Soldiers Asistonoe Progrm SS Ts progrem i toe their local provider for dental procedures upto 1,000 eoch and opticaleoma ond eye glossesve to Se00 eoch. Ausel imits de NOT coua home, omob o Cottonwood County Veterans Service Officer TODD DIBBLE peronl This program hes ouied mony veteras ond their fomileswith much needed deal and opfical anitonce. Below a o toble thowing monhly income ond ouet m yo k you mey ouol simply coll or top by he Coonood County Velerons Servion Office Please call lor on oppointment: 507-831-5522 Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday thru Friday 41385 Hwy. 71. PO Box 201. Windom, MN 56101 Fomily Memben Monthly Income Limi S1912 $3,000 $2,267 $5.000 52,459 55,000 Aset Lim $5.000 This ed mode possible throvghe gro by the Minnesota Deporiment of Veteana Afoin Special Needs progrom hon osited veterons ond their fomilas with such things on medicol bil, home replome moces, opelionces heringi, e poto remember that the Special Needs program does nat hoeoic income and aet . minnesotaveteran.org 1-888-linkvet