A SUMMARY OF Veterans Benefits was widespread use of Agent Orange during the Veton Wo encourage all Vem vetern who served in Vietnam to contact my office for a brief interview continue meet Vietnam velerons who are not aware of VA regul presumpi disse caused by Agent Orange regarding the so-called y important for Vietnam veterans to know what those diseoses one and women odontopoble disability benefits is the fact Vitom veron presumed to have been exposed Agent Orange, he/she most likely qualife for core. As with a veterans currently using the VA hel ces, is worth notin terans do not need to discontinue using their local private health care fo Monye both systems depending on the Are you aware of your benefits? Attention Vietnam Veterans VETERAN Gulf War Deployed Veterans you served in the South Asia that of ty om esses or of perations, you may s casume ore related to service in this region. These nesses or conditions the requirements of specilied time periods and caused you to be for at least 6 months, and resulted in a disability roting of 10% or more Brucellosis Compylobacter Cox bu(Qever) -Nontyphoid salmonell -Shigeo We Nile vis Malaria for sooner in some cases) Mycobacterium tuberculosis Visceral leishmanios Contact our office forferdel Homosed chronic ochma, chronic intend/or chronic inst, to include within 10 years of separation from the lost period of mitory service, and Served ony length of time in the South Asia theoler August 2, 1990, through Alphoniston Sa Dibout, or September 19, 2001 of operations the present, Thailand Military Bases & Agent Orange Exposure Veterans whose service id duty on of military bases in Thailand anytime between February 28, 1961 and May 7, 1975 may have been exposed to herbicides and may quality for VA The following Veterans may have been exposed to herbicides US Air Force Veterans who served on Royal Thai Air Force RTAF) boses of U-Topoa, Ubon, Nokhon Phanom Udom, Toki, Kort and Don Muong near the air base perimeter anytime between February 28, 1961 and May 7. 1975 US Army Veterans who provided perimeter security on RTAF boses in Thailand anytime between February 18, 1961 and May 7, 1975. Know recognizes hindi n presumptive breed to exposure to particulate med to herbicides, os speciled in the Agent Org for veterans who served in the South Asia theater of operations and other areas. To be eligible for presumption a veteran mu meet the following elementerio purposes of VA compensation benefits, Veter anywhere in Vietnam between January 9, 1962 and May 7, 1975 ore presumed to have been Act of 1991. The Veterans do not need to show that they to Agent Orange or other herbicides in order y compensation for disorted to ge Orange exposure Certain diseases can be related to a Weteran's qualifying millory service coll these presumplie d problems os presumptive recognised contains concerns and other health iseases associated with exposure to Agent groter herbicides during military service Vers and the survivors may be eligible for doty compensation or survos bens for these diseases AL Amyloidos, Cancer of the Bladder, Chronic 8-cell Leukemias, Choreone for simeone form diesel Dios Mellitus Type 2, Hodgkin's Disse, Hypothyroidism, schemic Hea Disse, Multiple Myelomo, Non-Hodgkin's Lymphom, Parkinsonism, Perkinson's Dis Peripheral Nepotty, Acute and Subcu Porphyria Cutenea Tonda, Prostate Concer Respiratory Concers includes lung cancer Soft Tissue Sarcomas (other than estercom chondrosarcoma, Kaposi's sarcoma or mesotheliomol, Children with Birth Defects US Army Velerons who were sooned on some smo Amy installations in Thailand anytime between February 28, 1961 and May 7, 1975. However, the Army V must have been a member of a militory police Mo wsigned on mitory occupational specie duty placed him/her base perime know that both the Sious Fols and Minneapolis Vho hove Vrye clinics located in Spit James and Markota. Below is more specific information pertaining to Vietnam pertaining to all velerons of velers With questions please coll 507-831-35320 by the office located or 41385 US Highway 71, Windom Office hours ore Monday through Friday, 8.00am to 4:30 pm. You may also visit our county website of www.co.cottonwood.mn.us Family Site Monthly Income Lim Asset Limit Thank you Mitchell Chil Cottonwood County Veterans Service Officer To receive benefits for dissociated with herbicide exposure Verans must show onfocal bus that they were exposed to herbicides during their service or other credible evidence Vietnam Blue Water Navy and Marine Corps Veterans, Surviving Spouses and Children Water Novy and Marine Corps Vetering deceosed ore n ened to the presumption of to the deadly herbicide known Agent yeleron who served on a ship het operated 2 nautical miles of the coastline of Vietnam Orange bodia during the Vietnam War and have any nesses related to Agent Orange should monetary disability and sun bene dogno In addition, a spouse or child may be entitled to VA of these Agent Orange nesses hos conbuted to the teror's de Veterans Diseases Associated with Agent Orange All Veterans with Lou Gehrig's Disease all veterans diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's Dise or ALS the presumes is related to thei This is for all veterans with of least 90 days of continuous dry servi din any branch during may be period. ALS notated to A Orange The olso means the spouse of these ve Attention Veterans & Spouses Minnesoto Deportment of Veterans Allors hos a program for vetend the dependents colled the State Soldiers Assidiance Program (AM gan boed on income and ossets and allows veterans and their dependents who quality to use the local providers for dental procedures and optical exams ond eyeglasses do NOT count a home, outomobile, or personal Below is a table showing monthly income and out limits you think you may quality simply call or by the Cottonwood County Verons Service Office $2,430 $3,267 $4,143 $5,000 $10,000 $18,000 $18,000 $18,000 SSAP also has one time denture program and a one-time Special Needs program The Special Needs progra osied miles with such things medical bills, home repairs, replacement furnaces, appliances, hearing aids, etc. It is important to remember that the Special Needs program does not have a strict income and Noise Exposure y have been exposed to harmful noise combot, training and come from rockets, heavy weapons, jets and craft, and Health problems related to noise High-inte and vibration concouse or contribute to hearing loss and tinnitus (ringing in the No The of Medicine published 2005 and Mory Service implications for Hearing Loss and in Health concerns you are concerned about he problem socioed with noise exposure during you military service, talk to your health care provider or local VA Environmental Health Coordinator Veterans notevolled in the VA health care system, find out if you quolily VA health care may be eligible fo disability compensation benefits and health care benefits for health problems socioed with noise exposure during my service Camp Lejeune Water Contaminants enefits for Comp Lejeune Veterans and family members include health care for 15 conditions d in the Honoring America's Veterans ond Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012 Veterans con rece presumptive disability and health core benefits f of Comp Lejeune Burial JA Services con include burial and memorial service allowance, inscribed headstone, marker or medallion all too headstone, Presidential Memorial Conext of kin on Amerong to drop at and burial in a VA notional cemetery Confed our ce for further details ond eligibility Dependents and Survivors Benefits ependency and indemnity Compensation (DC) additional payments for dependere children i volle toon eligible spose of o Servicember who died during active military service or from a service- connected disability or of a Veteran who was rated toolly dobled the fine of de spouse and children who are eligible for DIC ore for the following the Con Heal Medical Program of Department of Veterans Allors (CHAMPVAL "The Survivors and Dependent Educational Assistance Program (Chapter 351 Survivor Pension is a monthly bent payable to income surviving spouse and children of deceased Vetern with wartime serv If you have any questions on any of these benefits contact Cottonwood County Veterans Service Officer Mitchell Chmielewski Please call for an appointment: 507-831-5522 Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday thru Thursday 41385 Hwy, 71 PO Box 201 Windom, MN 56101 Thised made possible through gr by the Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs minnesotaveteran.org. 1-888-linkvet A SUMMARY OF Veterans Benefits was widespread use of Agent Orange during the Veton Wo encourage all Vem vetern who served in Vietnam to contact my office for a brief interview continue meet Vietnam velerons who are not aware of VA regul presumpi disse caused by Agent Orange regarding the so - called y important for Vietnam veterans to know what those diseoses one and women odontopoble disability benefits is the fact Vitom veron presumed to have been exposed Agent Orange , he / she most likely qualife for core . As with a veterans currently using the VA hel ces , is worth notin terans do not need to discontinue using their local private health care fo Monye both systems depending on the Are you aware of your benefits ? Attention Vietnam Veterans VETERAN Gulf War Deployed Veterans you served in the South Asia that of ty om esses or of perations , you may s casume ore related to service in this region . These nesses or conditions the requirements of specilied time periods and caused you to be for at least 6 months , and resulted in a disability roting of 10 % or more Brucellosis Compylobacter Cox bu ( Qever ) -Nontyphoid salmonell -Shigeo We Nile vis Malaria for sooner in some cases ) Mycobacterium tuberculosis Visceral leishmanios Contact our office forferdel Homosed chronic ochma , chronic intend / or chronic inst , to include within 10 years of separation from the lost period of mitory service , and Served ony length of time in the South Asia theoler August 2 , 1990 , through Alphoniston Sa Dibout , or September 19 , 2001 of operations the present , Thailand Military Bases & Agent Orange Exposure Veterans whose service id duty on of military bases in Thailand anytime between February 28 , 1961 and May 7 , 1975 may have been exposed to herbicides and may quality for VA The following Veterans may have been exposed to herbicides US Air Force Veterans who served on Royal Thai Air Force RTAF ) boses of U - Topoa , Ubon , Nokhon Phanom Udom , Toki , Kort and Don Muong near the air base perimeter anytime between February 28 , 1961 and May 7 . 1975 US Army Veterans who provided perimeter security on RTAF boses in Thailand anytime between February 18 , 1961 and May 7 , 1975 . Know recognizes hindi n presumptive breed to exposure to particulate med to herbicides , os speciled in the Agent Org for veterans who served in the South Asia theater of operations and other areas . To be eligible for presumption a veteran mu meet the following elementerio purposes of VA compensation benefits , Veter anywhere in Vietnam between January 9 , 1962 and May 7 , 1975 ore presumed to have been Act of 1991. The Veterans do not need to show that they to Agent Orange or other herbicides in order y compensation for disorted to ge Orange exposure Certain diseases can be related to a Weteran's qualifying millory service coll these presumplie d problems os presumptive recognised contains concerns and other health iseases associated with exposure to Agent groter herbicides during military service Vers and the survivors may be eligible for doty compensation or survos bens for these diseases AL Amyloidos , Cancer of the Bladder , Chronic 8 - cell Leukemias , Choreone for simeone form diesel Dios Mellitus Type 2 , Hodgkin's Disse , Hypothyroidism , schemic Hea Disse , Multiple Myelomo , Non - Hodgkin's Lymphom , Parkinsonism , Perkinson's Dis Peripheral Nepotty , Acute and Subcu Porphyria Cutenea Tonda , Prostate Concer Respiratory Concers includes lung cancer Soft Tissue Sarcomas ( other than estercom chondrosarcoma , Kaposi's sarcoma or mesotheliomol , Children with Birth Defects US Army Velerons who were sooned on some smo Amy installations in Thailand anytime between February 28 , 1961 and May 7 , 1975. However , the Army V must have been a member of a militory police Mo wsigned on mitory occupational specie duty placed him / her base perime know that both the Sious Fols and Minneapolis Vho hove Vrye clinics located in Spit James and Markota . Below is more specific information pertaining to Vietnam pertaining to all velerons of velers With questions please coll 507-831-35320 by the office located or 41385 US Highway 71 , Windom Office hours ore Monday through Friday , 8.00am to 4:30 pm . You may also visit our county website of www.co.cottonwood.mn.us Family Site Monthly Income Lim Asset Limit Thank you Mitchell Chil Cottonwood County Veterans Service Officer To receive benefits for dissociated with herbicide exposure Verans must show onfocal bus that they were exposed to herbicides during their service or other credible evidence Vietnam Blue Water Navy and Marine Corps Veterans , Surviving Spouses and Children Water Novy and Marine Corps Vetering deceosed ore n ened to the presumption of to the deadly herbicide known Agent yeleron who served on a ship het operated 2 nautical miles of the coastline of Vietnam Orange bodia during the Vietnam War and have any nesses related to Agent Orange should monetary disability and sun bene dogno In addition , a spouse or child may be entitled to VA of these Agent Orange nesses hos conbuted to the teror's de Veterans Diseases Associated with Agent Orange All Veterans with Lou Gehrig's Disease all veterans diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's Dise or ALS the presumes is related to thei This is for all veterans with of least 90 days of continuous dry servi din any branch during may be period . ALS notated to A Orange The olso means the spouse of these ve Attention Veterans & Spouses Minnesoto Deportment of Veterans Allors hos a program for vetend the dependents colled the State Soldiers Assidiance Program ( AM gan boed on income and ossets and allows veterans and their dependents who quality to use the local providers for dental procedures and optical exams ond eyeglasses do NOT count a home , outomobile , or personal Below is a table showing monthly income and out limits you think you may quality simply call or by the Cottonwood County Verons Service Office $ 2,430 $ 3,267 $ 4,143 $ 5,000 $ 10,000 $ 18,000 $ 18,000 $ 18,000 SSAP also has one time denture program and a one - time Special Needs program The Special Needs progra osied miles with such things medical bills , home repairs , replacement furnaces , appliances , hearing aids , etc. It is important to remember that the Special Needs program does not have a strict income and Noise Exposure y have been exposed to harmful noise combot , training and come from rockets , heavy weapons , jets and craft , and Health problems related to noise High - inte and vibration concouse or contribute to hearing loss and tinnitus ( ringing in the No The of Medicine published 2005 and Mory Service implications for Hearing Loss and in Health concerns you are concerned about he problem socioed with noise exposure during you military service , talk to your health care provider or local VA Environmental Health Coordinator Veterans notevolled in the VA health care system , find out if you quolily VA health care may be eligible fo disability compensation benefits and health care benefits for health problems socioed with noise exposure during my service Camp Lejeune Water Contaminants enefits for Comp Lejeune Veterans and family members include health care for 15 conditions d in the Honoring America's Veterans ond Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012 Veterans con rece presumptive disability and health core benefits f of Comp Lejeune Burial JA Services con include burial and memorial service allowance , inscribed headstone , marker or medallion all too headstone , Presidential Memorial Conext of kin on Amerong to drop at and burial in a VA notional cemetery Confed our ce for further details ond eligibility Dependents and Survivors Benefits ependency and indemnity Compensation ( DC ) additional payments for dependere children i volle toon eligible spose of o Servicember who died during active military service or from a service connected disability or of a Veteran who was rated toolly dobled the fine of de spouse and children who are eligible for DIC ore for the following the Con Heal Medical Program of Department of Veterans Allors ( CHAMPVAL " The Survivors and Dependent Educational Assistance Program ( Chapter 351 Survivor Pension is a monthly bent payable to income surviving spouse and children of deceased Vetern with wartime serv If you have any questions on any of these benefits contact Cottonwood County Veterans Service Officer Mitchell Chmielewski Please call for an appointment : 507-831-5522 Hours : 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday thru Thursday 41385 Hwy , 71 PO Box 201 Windom , MN 56101 Thised made possible through gr by the Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs minnesotaveteran.org . 1-888 - linkvet