Examining the Impact of Exposure to Toxic Chemicals on Veterans and the VA’s Response
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Agenda
WITNESS LIST
Panel I
David R. McLenachen, Acting Deputy Under Secretary for Disability Assistance, Veterans Benefits Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Accompanied by:
Ralph Erickson, M.D., Director, Pre-9/11 Era, Post Deployment Health, Veterans Health Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Panel II
Kenneth S. Ramos, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Vice President for Precision Health Sciences, Arizona Health Sciences Center, University of Arizona and Chair, Institute of Medicine Committee on Veterans and Agent Orange, Update 2014, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Accompanied by:
Roberta Wedge, M.S., Senior Program Officer, Institute of Medicine, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
John Wells, Commander U.S. Navy (Ret.), Executive Director, Military-Veterans Advocacy Inc.
John Rowan, National President, Vietnam Veterans of America
Jerome Ensminger, Master Sergeant U.S. Marine Corps (Ret.)
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Member Statements
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Senator Richard Burr (R-NC)
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Testimony
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Mr. David R. McLenachen
Deputy Under Secretary for Disability AssistanceDepartment of Veterans AffairsDownload File (51.50 KB) -
Commander John Wells (USN, Ret.)
Executive DirectorMilitary-Veterans Advocacy, Inc.Download File (556.38 KB)Download File (1.18 MB) -
John Rowan
National PresidentVietnam Veterans of AmericaDownload File (159.73 KB) -
Kenneth S. Ramos, M.D., Ph.D.
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Master Sergeant Jerome Ensminger (USMC, Ret.)
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