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Exhibit 213

Agent Orange Act of 1991, Public Law 102-4

Exhibit 213 · Statute

Agent Orange Act of 1991, Public Law 102-4

shall be considered to have been incurred in or aggravated by such service, notwithstanding that there is no record of evidence of such disease during the period of such service.

Establishes presumptions and a scientific-review process for herbicide-associated diseases.

Source
United States Congress
Date
6 February 1991
Quoted from
Sec. 2(a), new 38 U.S.C. § 316(a)(1), 105 Stat. 11
Grade
Primary record
Document
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/STATUTE-105/pdf/STATUTE-105-Pg11.pdf
Accessed
2026-11-09
Cited by
Findings citing this exhibit

Cited by

Finding MED-12.1
Primary record VA initially denied herbicide-related claims beyond chloracne; in 1990, it recognized non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and soft-tissue sarcoma before Congress enacted presumptions.