The U.S. Supreme Court agreed today to review a case that could eventually make it easier for veterans exposed to Agent Orange to obtain benefits.
The court said it would take a look at a 2017 ruling finding that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit didn’t have the authority to review 2016 changes by the Department of Veterans Affairs to the Agent Orange Act of 1991.
That act was intended to make it easier for veterans exposed to chemicals widely used by the U.S. military to defoliate jungle growth during the Vietnam War to obtain medical benefits. ...
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