The ruling applies to veterans who served near Korean demilitarized zone (DMZ) in certain months. In a news statement, the Department says the ruling affects service personnel who work worked “in a unit determined by VA and the Department of Defense to have operated in an area in or near the Korean DMZ in which herbicides were applied”, between April 1, 1968 and August 31, 1971. No longer will applicants have to prove exposure, says the Department to news. Now those qualified veterans will be presumed to have suffered exposure.
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