Adding high blood pressure to list of presumptive Agent Orange illnesses a key focus for lawmakers this year
Benefits for hypertension a top priority in vets committee Sen. Jon Tester, the new chairman of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, talks about one his lead priorities for legislation in the coming session. Senate lawmakers will make a push this year to add officially high blood pressure to the list of illnesses presumed to be caused by Agent Orange exposure during the Vietnam War, a move that could open disability payments to more than 160,000 veterans. In an interview with Military Times this week, Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Jon Tester, D-Mont., said the issue will be a major early focus for his committee, and he has already begun work on legislative fixes for the issue.
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