Leukemia, Agent Orange Link Found (AP) - The Veterans Affairs Department will extend benefits to Vietnam vets with a type of leukemia that researchers now say is linked to exposure to herbicides, including Agent Orange. Vietnam War veterans diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, or CLL, would start receiving improved benefits, such as disability compensation and priority health care services, in about a year, VA Secretary Anthony Principi said. January 2003 Ann's NOTE: This took well over 30 years to acknowledge. Thank goodness at least some veterans are still here to receive help. Imagine the cancer rate in Vietnam. All their food grown on soil that has this chemical. Remember we are NOT Doctors and have NO medical training. This site is like an Encylopedia - there are many pages, many links on many topics. Support our work with any size DONATION - see left side of any page - for how to donate. You can help raise awareness of CAM.