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My father served in the Vietnam War .

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Decades later he learned he had an

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exposure related health condition . The

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burden was on him to prove his service

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and that he was exposed to Agent Orange

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during his service . It was an

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overwhelming and cumbersome process to

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try and collect all his records and

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provide proof . It was so cumbersome ,

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he eventually just gave up . I think

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the federal EHR . Is important because

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it's going to help service members and

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veterans get the benefits that they

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have earned through their service .

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It's going to make it so much easier

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for them to provide the information to

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get their benefits . Now the federal

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EHR is interfacing with exposure data ,

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so we know and can identify service

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members and veterans that have had an

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exposure related incident and may need

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exposure related care so it's making it

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so much easier for them to access that

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important critical care .