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A fund was created to help compensate troops for health problems believed to be caused by exposure to these toxins. Although the Vietnam Red Cross estimates that 3 million Vietnamese people have been affected by Agent Orange, including 150,000 children born with birth defects, no funding was provided to ease its impact on Vietnamese victims. [9]
Vietnam's government claimed that 400,000 people were killed or maimed as a result of after effects, and that 500,000 children were born with birth defects. [32] and studies have shown higher rates of casualties, health effects, and next-generation birth defects in Vietnamese peoples.
In the decades following World War II, the VA continued to evolve and expand its services, including after future conflicts in Korea and Vietnam, including expanding the provisions of the original GI Bill to veterans of both conflicts. post-Vietnam Era Veterans' Educational Assistance Program (VEAP) was introduced in 1980, providing education ...
According to the Vietnamese government, the program caused three million Vietnamese health problems, with 150,000 children born with severe birth defects, [33] and 24% of the area of Vietnam being defoliated.
Disability in Vietnam is relatively common compared to the overall population. As of 2009 [update] , an estimated 6.1 people, or 7.8% of the population, over the age of 5 years, lived with one or more disabilities. [ 1 ]
Heart disorders (Congenital heart defects) Hemifacial microsomia; Holoprosencephaly; Huntington's disease; Hirschsprung's disease, or congenital aganglionic megacolon; Hypertrichosis; Hypoglossia; Hypomelanism or hypomelanosis (albinism) Hypospadias; Haemophilia; Heterochromia; Hemochromatosis
Birth defects may result in disabilities that may be physical, intellectual, or developmental. [2] The disabilities can range from mild to severe. [6] Birth defects are divided into two main types: structural disorders in which problems are seen with the shape of a body part and functional disorders in which problems exist with how a body part ...
In December 2010 Congress passed the Post-9/11 Veterans Education Assistance Improvements Act of 2010. The new law, often referred to as GI Bill 2.0, expands eligibility for members of the National Guard to include time served on Title 32 or in the full-time Active Guard and Reserve (AGR).