orThe Library of Congress Veterans History Project
Northwestern Michigan College in Traverse City has a Veterans Affairs Representative is located in the Financial Aid Office of the Tannis Building and provides a channel for essential communications with the Department of Veterans Affairs for Educational Benefits.
There are currently six active categories of benefit programs under which veterans and eligible dependents can receive financial assistance. The VA Representative has all the necessary forms for application of benefits. As there are many facets of the program, it is highly recommended that prospective students make an appointment to see the VA representative. This will provide the prospective student with the particular policies and procedures that are applicable to their program and provide them the opportunity to ask questions.
If you, or someone you know served in Vietnam or Korea:The following link to the VA Agent Orange site- contains current available information.Wire Report Jan. 24, 2003
WASHINGTON - Researchers have found a link between a type of leukemia and Vietnam soldiers exposed to such herbicides as Agent Orange, prompting the Veterans Affairs Department to announce it will extend benefits to vets with the illness. Veterans with chronic lymphocytic leukemia would start receiving improved benefits, such as disability compensation and priority health-care services, in about a year, Secretary Anthony Principi said.
More than twice as many Vietnam Veterans have taken there lives since the war ended than were killed in the war. This "In Memory Plaque" project is designed to honor and remember them.For a personal local perspective Click Here.
You may also be eligible for medical, health and disability coverage through the Veterans Affairs Administration."It is Veterans Health Administration (VHA) policy that health care services will be provided to veterans who while serving in Vietnam may have been exposed to dioxin or were exposed to a toxic substance in a herbicide or defoliant used for military purposes.
Verification of service in Vietnam during the Vietnam era (August 5, 1964 through May 7, 1975) will be required.
NOTE: Inasmuch as the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) presumes that a veteran was exposed to phenoxy herbicides during any service in the Vietnam theater, a verified claim of such in-country service constitutes the required contention of exposure and establishes eligibility for medical care within these provisions.": By a law passed in 1996, the VA was instructed to extend "Service Contracted" status to the following list of known associated conditions which may be the result of exposure to Agent Orange and other like defoliants used extensively during the Vietnam War.
(1) Chloracne;(2) Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma;(3) Soft-tissue sarcoma;(4) Hodgkin's disease;(5) Porphyria Cutanea Tarda (PCT);(6) Respiratory cancers (lung, larynx, trachea and bronchus);(7) Multiple myeloma;(8) Prostate cancer;(9) Peripheral neuropathy, transient acute and sub-acute; and(10) Spina bifida (except spina bifida occulta) is presumptively recognized in the offspring of Vietnam veterans as due to herbicide exposure.It also extended coverage to veterans who may have been exposed to Agent Orange during their military service in Korea specifically during 1968 or 1969. You are strongly urged to fill out and register as part of the AOR-Agent Orange Registry - whether you have one of the ailments listed above or not as the covered conditions is being constantly updated as new scientific studies are concluded.
Vietnam veterans now have a new national toll-free helpline to answer their questions about Agent Orange exposure, health care and benefits.The new helpline - 1-800-749-8387
Callers can speak directly to VA representatives Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Central Standard Time, or access a 24-hour automated system.VA expects considerable interest in the helpline because of a proposed policy that would allow Vietnam veterans with adult-onset (Type II) diabetes to receive disability compensation for ongoing medical problems linked to Agent Orange or other herbicides during the war. The helpline is located at the St. Louis VA Regional Office, which has a similar toll-free helpline for Gulf War veterans. The two helplines will share the same telephone number, with callers selecting the service they wish. Visit VA's website at VA’s Guide on Agent Orange Claims
For general information on Department of Veterans Affairs benefits and programs, visit VA's website at www.va.gov. Also: University of Michigan Department of Urology Home Page and ustoo the support organization for newly diagnosed, current prostate cancer patients and prostate cancer survivors.More information can be obtained by contacting your local VA Office ( In Manistee call Michigan Works Office at 231 723 2535 IN PARTICULAR - if you or anyone you know has or had prostate cancer and falls in this category PLEASE bring it to the attention of their treating urologist.
ALSO PLEASE NOTE THAT THE NEAREST VA CLINIC HAS MOVED FROM GARFIELD ROAD IN TRAVERSE CITY TO EXPANDED FACILITIES AT LOGANS LANDING OFF SOUTH AIRPORT ROAD IN TRAVERSE CITY and at a new clinic in Cadillac.
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