Were Vietnam Veterans exposed to Agent Orange in Thailand?

Arnold, appeal your denial! Don't take no for an answer from the government, ever! File an NOD and, if it has been longer than a year since your denial, claim new information in the form of Army Field Manual 3-3, VA C&P Bulletin dated May 2010, and the AF CHECO Report titled Base Defense In Thailand. Get a VSO from one of the military service organizations, VVA, DAV, VFW, etc.

If I had been in Thailand I proceed appeal. The problem is, I was in the Philippines when the spraying took place, and the V.A. stated the Philippines is not on their list of places sprayed. In other words, it never happened!!!

Thank you for your comment, TSgt, Dan Decker.

PO3 Rod Arnold - Arnold I feel your pain. I was in U-Tapao AB, Thailand 66-70. I filed an AO claim in the 90's and again in 2001. Like your case, back then when I filed, the VA responded, "We absolutely do not have any information that AO was sprayed in Thailand." Then sometime around 2011 those reports from Thailand were declassified. I agree 100% with Dan-run your case all the way. Nothing will happen if you stop. My hunch was that I felt very strongly that AO was present in the yrs I served in Thailand. The VA was making exceptions even before the declassification.
One example was a situation that occurred in Thailand. Thru VVA I made contact (1990's) with a survivor whose dad (mechanic) died from AO exposure. As it turned out he worked on the planes that sprayed AO in Vietnam. Again VA had not admitted AO in Thailand but his wife won that case and received the AO compensation.

I was exposed to the TCDD in agent orange in Subic 1967.

No wife should have had to go through that. Our VA system and government were still need to be held accountable for the pain and suffering family members went through. They were casualties also. I pray for your mother and all families that had this happen to them. Your a good man Russell.

CMSgt John Momaney - Thank you!

PO2 Brian Harrington - Too late they have already done that to us!

PO2 Brian Harrington - Thank you. For the record I am not sure If I believe of my dads cancer came from agent orange or from working high tension lines or from any of the other various "causes" it might have just been his time.. He was not concerned how he got his cancer he fought it like a beast .. He died on his terms.. My mom was looking for cause.. My disappointment was the treatment that he received.. He loved the Army (as a Navy man I forgive him... lol.. his dad was Navy .. My moms daad was Army my uncle on moms side Jar Head - Made army navy games fun) he was proud of his service. Either way our community (army vets and academy midshipmen) came together and did the right thing.. Bitter sweet memories... God Bless

I was referring more to classified missions that still plague the memories of many that served during Viet Nam time period. Those individuals still cant get benefits for any exposure, let alone anything else they endured, while on those missions based on the nature of their missions. Many veterans will only elude to the fact that they participated in such missions and wont discuss them further. Some are simply stories but some are obviously not.
As far as Korea...
But only that it was in country until 1975. Even with overwhelming evidence by Army veteran Steve House (http://www.ibtimes.com/judges-surprise-ruling-veterans-exposure-toxic-chemicals-us-military-base-called-turning-1569225) showing that it was in country as late as the early 1980's and affecting soldiers years after that. Not sure if connected or not, but I ended up in a tent for a few days at an unknown location near a ROK guarded road into the DMZ in the fall of 1978. As a then young PFC on a detail, I didn't know where I was, and didn't ask, but remember getting locked and loaded on by the ROK soldiers one night when I stepped out of the tent. While there, we had dump trucks of soil and truck loads of 55 gallon drums being hauled into the DMZ and coming out empty.

I understood. My comment was to show how far they will go to ignore what`s going on.

SFC William Adamek - You mean like when you took ALL the tags out of your clothing, painted over the tail numbers on your aircraft, and left your dog tags behind?

It's always hard to get compensation for something when your description of the events sounds like this: "I was exposed to AO when I went to the place, order by some guys, to do the thing for those people that caused an effect. The VA and the military service refuses to work off of anything without documentation. They are also equally unwilling to put many things in writing to the detriment of the service member. Why our 'leaders' expect full faith in service to accomplish our mission, then disavow any knowledge of our service later is very troubling to me.