{"id":5822,"date":"2015-06-11T15:36:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-11T19:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/merkley-intensifies-pressure-on-va-to-help-c-123-veterans-affected-by-agent-orange-exposure\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:09:59","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:09:59","slug":"merkley-intensifies-pressure-on-va-to-help-c-123-veterans-affected-by-agent-orange-exposure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-intensifies-pressure-on-va-to-help-c-123-veterans-affected-by-agent-orange-exposure\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkley intensifica la presi\u00f3n sobre VA para ayudar a los veteranos C-123 afectados por la exposici\u00f3n al agente naranja"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Hoy, el Senador de Oreg\u00f3n Jeff Merkley anunci\u00f3 que est\u00e1 intensificando la presi\u00f3n sobre el Departamento de Asuntos de Veteranos (VA, por sus siglas en ingl\u00e9s) de EE. UU. para que extienda la atenci\u00f3n y los beneficios atrasados desde hace mucho tiempo a los veteranos que estuvieron expuestos a niveles peligrosos del Agente Naranja que prestan servicio en la post-Vietnam. aviones C-123, poniendo en suspenso, junto con los senadores Sherrod Brown y Ron Wyden, la nominaci\u00f3n de David Shulkin como el pr\u00f3ximo Subsecretario de Salud del VA hasta que se resuelva el problema.<\/p>\n

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\u201cDurante a\u00f1os, el VA ha estado negando ileg\u00edtimamente beneficios a los miembros del servicio que resultaron heridos por la exposici\u00f3n al Agente Naranja en los C-123 mientras prestaban servicio a su pa\u00eds\u201d, dijo Merkley. \u201cEl estudio del Instituto de Medicina publicado en enero valid\u00f3 por completo las afirmaciones de estos veteranos. Cada d\u00eda sin asistencia para estos veteranos es un d\u00eda de injusticia. Eso debe terminar.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Hace varios a\u00f1os, el Mayor retirado de la Fuerza A\u00e9rea Wes Carter, entonces residente de McMinnville, Oreg\u00f3n, llam\u00f3 la atenci\u00f3n del Senador Merkley sobre este problema y se encontraba entre los veteranos afectados. Carter hab\u00eda tomado la iniciativa de investigar en nombre de sus compa\u00f1eros veteranos y organizar esfuerzos para brindarles la atenci\u00f3n y los beneficios que necesitaban.<\/p>\n

Desde entonces, Merkley ha liderado un esfuerzo bipartidista en el Senado para obtener justicia para estos veteranos, instando repetidamente al VA a revertir decisiones anteriores que hab\u00edan negado los reclamos de los veteranos e instituir una presunci\u00f3n de exposici\u00f3n para los veteranos que sirvieron en el avi\u00f3n afectado, un paso importante para agilizar el proceso para que los veteranos afectados reciban atenci\u00f3n y beneficios de VA.<\/p>\n

Despu\u00e9s de que el estudio del Instituto de Medicina publicado en enero afirmara las afirmaciones de los veteranos de que de hecho hab\u00edan estado expuestos a niveles peligrosos de dioxinas en aviones descontaminados incorrectamente que hab\u00edan transportado el Agente Naranja durante la Guerra de Vietnam, Merkley volvi\u00f3 a pulsar el VA para la acci\u00f3n<\/span><\/a>. <\/p>\n

En abril, \u00e9l y un grupo bipartidista de senadores inst\u00f3 al VA a actuar con rapidez y garantizar que los reservistas de la Fuerza A\u00e9rea<\/span><\/a>, que constituyen la mayor\u00eda de los que sirvieron en la aeronave, son igualmente elegibles para atenci\u00f3n y beneficios.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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