Surviving Spouses of Vietnam Vets Sue for Agent Orange Exposure

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The United States of America, as well as the Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Defense, Defense Finance and Accounting Service and several high-ranking government officials, are the defendants in a proposed class action filed by the surviving spouses of soldiers who fought in the Vietnam War who say they still have not received compensation for their deceased loved ones’ exposure to the herbicidal weapon Agent Orange. Filed in California, the complaint says that even though the Vietnam War ended nearly 50 years ago, “many veterans and their families are still waiting for compensation, including retroactive military retirement pay, due to them because of the devastating effects of the toxic stew of chemicals on the veterans.”

The lawsuit expands upon the U.S. government’s history of allegedly failing to provide Vietnam veterans and their families with the benefits to which they’re legally entitled.