While prostate and some other cancers have been linked to agent orange, bladder cancer has not. Until sufficient studies are done to prove a causal link, the VA could not pay even if they wanted to. The doctor who said agent orange caused it in this case cannot, well at least shouldn't, make such a claim outright. He can have a gut feel but the research doesn't prove it at this point. Maybe someday it will but there is enough research to prove prostate and some other cancers.
I am not saying that agent orange is not a contibutory factor either. I'm just saying the research studies done to date have not confirmed a causal link.
Mike
Age 54
10/31/06 dx CIS (TisG3) non-invasive (at 47)
9/19/08 TURB/TUIP dx Invasive T2G3
10/8/08 RC neobladder(at 49)
2/15/13 T4G3N3M1 distant metastases(at 53)
9/2013 finished chemo -cancer free again
1/2014 ct scan results....distant mets
2/2014 ct result...spread to liver, kidneys, and lymph...