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Diabetes now tops Vietnam vets’ claims

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Because of worries about Agent Orange, about 270,000 Vietnam veterans - more than one-quarter of the 1 million receiving disability checks - are getting compensation for diabetes, according to Department of Veterans Affairs.

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