The Nation - News from Feb. 28, 1985
A proposed blueprint for distributing a $190-million settlement to Vietnam veterans affected by Agent Orange would pay only those who were most heavily exposed to the herbicide and exhibit the most severe medical problems--an estimated 5% of the 200,000 who have filed claims. The families of about 3,000 veterans who have died since the war and about 7,000 veterans with long-term total disabilities would be eligible immediately for a share of a $130-million cash payment fund, according to preliminary estimates in the plan submitted to a federal court in Brooklyn.
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