{"id":33182,"date":"2020-02-21T07:30:04","date_gmt":"2020-02-21T12:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/?p=33182"},"modified":"2020-02-21T08:15:54","modified_gmt":"2020-02-21T13:15:54","slug":"schumer-visits-dunkirk-to-call-for-improved-coverage-for-vietnam-veterans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/schumer-visits-dunkirk-to-call-for-improved-coverage-for-vietnam-veterans\/","title":{"rendered":"Schumer Visits Dunkirk to Call for Improved Coverage for Vietnam Veterans"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sen. Chuck Schumer<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

DUNKIRK – U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer<\/strong> was in Dunkirk Thursday to draw attention to an ongoing crisis involving health-care benefits for Veitnam veterans.<\/p>\n

Schumer is calling on the Federal Office of Management and Budget<\/strong> and the Department of Veterans Affairs<\/strong> to add new conditions to the Agent Orange presumptive conditions list. Schumer said he is demanding a detailed explanation as to why the agencies continue to block billions in health care coverage and benefits for thousands of Vietnam veterans.<\/p>\n

A 2016 National Academies report found suggestive evidence that bladder cancer and hypothyroidism were associated with veterans\u2019 service, as well as clarified that veterans with \u201cParkinson-like symptoms\u201d should be considered eligible under the presumption that Parkinson\u2019s disease and the veterans\u2019 service are connected.<\/p>\n

According to Schumer, some 32,000 Western New Yorkers served in the war in the 1960s and 70s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DUNKIRK – U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer was in Dunkirk Thursday to draw attention to an ongoing crisis involving health-care benefits for Veitnam veterans. Schumer is calling on the Federal Office of Management and Budget and the Department of Veterans Affairs to add new conditions to the Agent Orange presumptive conditions list. Schumer said he is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":8560,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[4],"tags":[384,682,9907,2339],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Schumer-feature.png?fit=332%2C190&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3YlJ4-8Dc","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5283,"url":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/morning-news-schumer-calls-for-veteran-service-improvements-while-in-jamestown\/","url_meta":{"origin":33182,"position":0},"title":"MORNING NEWS: Schumer Calls for Veteran Service Improvements While in Jamestown","author":"WRFA Radio","date":"May 3, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"New York\u2019s Senior Senator in Washington was in Jamestown yesterday to announce an effort that would help more military veterans get the financial help they need from Uncle Sam. 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