Arnold Chiari & Agent Orange

My husband, now deceased, was a medevac helicopter pilot in Viet Nam, 1969-1970. He was on the groud daily, picking up wounded and dead, but I am only assuming he was exposed to Agent Orange.

My daughter was diagnosed with Arnold Chiari (I) malformation in 2007, age 29. She also has an assortment of auto immune diseases. She had decompression surgery in August 2007.

This week my son, age 33, was diagnosed with Arnold Chiari (I) malformation. there is no evidence that this condition is anywhere else in our family. Since this is a relatively rare condition, congenital (a form of birth defect), the alarms starting sounding. Could this be related to Agent Orange? I'd appreciate any and all thoughts on the subject. Thanks. Tweet