United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 1996_register executive 2010-09-24 article Rules and Regulations D09002ee1be02b50e D09002ee1be02b578 United States Department of Veterans Affairs originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency This document amends the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) adjudication regulations concerning presumptive service connection for certain diseases for which there is no record of the disease during service. This amendment is necessary to implement a decision of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, under the authority granted by the Agent Orange Act of 1991, that there is a positive association between exposure to herbicides used in the Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam era and the subsequent development of prostate cancer and acute and subacute peripheral neuropathy. The intended effect of this amendment is to establish presumptive service connection for those conditions based on herbicide exposure. 61 FR 57586 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-1996-11-07/96-28683 96-28683 fr07no96-7 RIN 2900-AI35 8320-01-P https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-1996-11-07/96-28683 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1996-11-07/html/96-28683.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1996-11-07/pdf/96-28683.pdf 4 p. 57586 57589 61 FR 57586 Title 38 Part 3 38 CFR Part 3 RIN 2900-AI35 Diseases Associated With Exposure to Certain Herbicide Agents (Prostate Cancer and Acute and Subacute Peripheral Neuropathy); Federal Register Vol. 61, Issue RULE 96-28683 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 1996-11-07 8320-01-P 96-28683 Final rule.

This document amends the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) adjudication regulations concerning presumptive service connection for certain diseases for which there is no record of the disease during service. This amendment is necessary to implement a decision of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, under the authority granted by the Agent Orange Act of 1991, that there is a positive association between exposure to herbicides used in the Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam era and the subsequent development of prostate cancer and acute and subacute peripheral neuropathy. The intended effect of this amendment is to establish presumptive service connection for those conditions based on herbicide exposure.

This amendment is effective November 7, 1996. John Bisset, Jr., Consultant, Regulations Staff, Compensation and Pension Service (213), Veterans Benefits Administration, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20420, telephone (202) 273-7230. Vol. 61, no. 217 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 1996-11-07 continuing daily deposited born digital 201 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-1996-11-07 P0b002ee180a222f1 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr07no96 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-1996-11-07 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1996-11-07/pdf/FR-1996-11-07.pdf fdlp 57577 57766 DGPO 2010-09-24 2023-05-06 FR-1996-11-07 machine generated eng FR FR-1996-11-07 61 217