# Diseases Associated With Exposure to Certain Herbicide Agents (Prostate Cancer and Acute and Subacute Peripheral Neuropathy)
> **US Department of Veterans Affairs** · Final rule. · Published 1996-11-07 · Effective 1996-11-07 · 61 FR 57586
## Document
- **Document number:** 96-28683
- **Category:** va-other
- **Agency:** US Department of Veterans Affairs
- **Federal Register citation:** 61 FR 57586
- **CFR reference:** 38 CFR 3
- **Publication date:** 1996-11-07
- **Effective date:** 1996-11-07
## Abstract

This document amends the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) adjudication regulations concerning presumptive service connection for certain diseases for which there is no record of the disease during service. This amendment is necessary to implement a decision of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, under the authority granted by the Agent Orange Act of 1991, that there is a positive association between exposure to herbicides used in the Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam era and the subsequent development of prostate cancer and acute and subacute peripheral neuropathy. The intended effect of this amendment is to establish presumptive service connection for those conditions based on herbicide exposure.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1996/11/07/96-28683/diseases-associated-with-exposure-to-certain-herbicide-agents-prostate-cancer-and-acute-and-subacute)
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