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I need help with this Epilepsy and agent orange

Mon, 03/13/2006 - 20:36
I am 22 and I have Epilepsy and i was wondering if anyone one could tell me if agent orange and my seizures are any ties between the two. Can someone please help me with this

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Hello,I was in the USAF and

Submitted by jhoffman on Sat, 2019-06-22 - 20:12
Hello,I was in the USAF and was exposed to AO for 4 years in many ways, directly and indirectly.I to am looking for a connection to AO.

Jim I was also in Phu Bai and

Submitted by gto.ronnie @gmail.com on Wed, 2019-01-09 - 14:46
Jim I was also in Phu Bai and surrounding area in 1969-70 (Army)  and just recently experienced seizures - there is no family history of seizure disorder.  Can I ask where you went to try to get information regarding agent orange and seizures? I don't know how we can obtain or even start to research to acquire proof of seizure disorder but I do see that there are other veterans experiencing the same issue which I would suspect points towards agent orange.

I see you posted this quite

Submitted by satexasrose on Thu, 2020-01-30 - 04:01
I see you posted this quite sometime ago, but yours sound exactly like mine!My grandmother and great-grandparents have done genealogy and no one has ever been recorded with seizures of any kind. Mine were diagnosed as JME.

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