The Department of Veterans Affairs extended compensation coverage to airmen suffering certain conditions linked to repeated contact with contaminated C-123 Provider aircraft used to spray Agent Orange chemicals during Operation Ranch Hand in Vietnam, officials announced. "Opening up eligibility for this deserving group of Air Force veterans and reservists is the right thing to do," VA Secretary Robert A. McDonald said in a June release.
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机译：官员们宣布，退伍军人事务部将补偿范围扩大至遭受某些条件困扰的飞行员，这些飞行员与在越南“牧场行动”中被用来喷洒特工橙色化学药品的受污染的C-123供应商飞机反复接触有关。弗吉尼亚州秘书罗伯特·麦克唐纳（Robert A. McDonald）在6月份的新闻发布会上说：“为这一应有的空军退伍军人和预备役人员开放资格是正确的事情。”
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