Rep. Berman Back at Work

TYLER — State Representative Leo Berman of Tyler has returned to work in his district office part-time while continuing out-patient chemotherapy treatment for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. He was diagnosed with the disease in January. He is also maintaining daily communication with his capitol and district office staff members as well as constituents through email and telephone. Berman will complete the course of treatment in mid-May prior to the Texas state primary election now postponed until at least May 29.

Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma is one of the recognized diseases by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) on the Agent Orange list for military service-related exposure. Representative Berman has been on the VA Agent Orange list since returning from his second tour of duty in Vietnam. According to the VA website, Agent Orange was the code name for the millions of gallons of herbicides sprayed by the U.S. military during the Vietnam War to remove trees and tropical foliage that provided enemy cover.