Did the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) recently publish a list of diseases not attributable to Agent Orange?
Yes. On May 20, 2003, the VA published a notice in the Federal Register titled Diseases Not Associated With Exposure to Certain Herbicide Agents stating that the secretary of veterans affairs has determined that exposure to herbicides during the Vietnam War is not connected to the following health conditions: hepatobiliary cancers, nasopharyngeal cancer, bone and joint cancer, breast cancer, cancers of the female reproductive system, urinary bladder cancer, renal cancer, testicular cancer, leukemia (other than CLL [chronic lymphocytic leukemia]), abnormal sperm parameters and infertility, Parkinsons disease and parkinsonism, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrigs disease), chronic persistent peripheral neuropathy, lipid and lipoprotein disorders, gastrointestinal and digestive disease, immune system disorders, circulatory disorders, respiratory disorders (other than respiratory cancers earlier linked to Agent Orange), skin cancer, cognitive and neuropsychiatric effects, gastrointes
