Reply June 4, 2021 Veterans exposed to Agent Orange, an herbicide sprayed by the U.S. military during the Vietnam War, have suffered from many different diseases over the years. Subscribe But while the issue was first addressed in the 1970s and 1980s, little has been done about it, according to U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn. Blumenthal has proposed the "Cost of War" legislation, which would provide benefits to veterans exposed to Agent Orange. Subscribe "The VA should have done this a long time ago," he said during an event at the Eastern Connecticut Veterans Community Center in Willimantic Wednesday afternoon.