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Elmo R. Zumwalt Jr.

U.S. Navy admiral; in 1989 and 1990 special assistant to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on Agent Orange.

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  • Agent Orange Act of 1991 5 May 1990 reported to the Secretary in May 1990, before the Act passed; the charges are his Primary record 1
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  1. 6 Oct 1989 Elmo R. Zumwalt Jr. worked at U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
  2. 5 May 1990 Elmo R. Zumwalt Jr. intervened in Agent Orange Act of 1991
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  1. Report to the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs on the Association Between Adverse Health Effects and Exposure to Agent Orange, Special Assistant to the Secretary, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (copy on DocumentCloud), 5 May 1990. Primary record Archived copy
    On October 6, 1989 I was appointed as special assistant to Secretary Derwinski of the Department of Veterans Affairs
    I conclude that there is adequate evidence for the Secretary to reasonably conclude that it is at least as likely as not that there is a relationship between exposure to Agent Orange and the following health problems:
    I further conclude that the Veterans’ Advisory Committee on Environmental Hazards has not acted with impartiality in its review and assessment of the scientific evidence related to the association of adverse health effects and exposure to Agent Orange.
    as Commander, U.S. Naval Forces, Vietnam, I was aware that Agent Orange issued to Allied forces was frequently used on unrecorded missions.
    what cannot be justified is the evidence of political interference in the design, implementation and drafting of results of the CDC study by Administration officials rather than CDC scientists.
    As a result, the court invalidated the VA’s Dioxin regulation which denied service connection for all diseases other than chloracne
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