Agent Orange

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1. Latter or later

   UNder Nehmyer I have seen beginning date of claim to be both the later date and the latter date, which is it?

   Asked by 380, December 25, 2021

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3. Attorney needed that will take my case

   I haven’t been here for a while, but to update, I am 100% P & T now, but the VA did not hardly pay any retro pay. My medical records are still being withheld per Exemption 5 [ 5 U.S.C. 552 (b)(5) ], and my medical treatment records were intentionally withheld for 51 years now. I have the records request form from January 1972 when the US Army told me they were lost intransit from Vietnam. This was absolutely false, and I finally got them in 2016, showing I had no reaction to Chloroquine, yet I had a skin disease they could not determine the cause of. I actually had malaria, and was hospitalized with a serious Lung infection from “Undetermined Organisms” eight months a…

   Asked by Victorray, December 15, 2021

   • agent orange
   • denied claims
   • denied in june 1983
   • exemption 5
   • permanent profile but denied
   • records withheld
   • retroactive compensation
   • retropay
   • skin disease in vietnam
   • vietnam
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4. Retroactive Payment

   I am 100 percent disabled. I was denied Hypothyrodism 2019. It is on appeal. The VA added it as a new claim Jun 13, 2021. The claim is being reviewed under the Nehmer case, because VA added it to the agent orange diseases. Since I am 100 percent when the claim is completd am I eligible for a rectroactive payment? thank you

   Asked by Carlos C. Parscal, November 1, 2021

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5. Blue Water Navy info from VA OIG

   Blue Water Navy Outreach Requirements Were Met, but Claims Processing and Procedures Could Improve 09/02/2021 02:30 PM EDT Since 1991, veterans who served in the Republic of Vietnam are presumed to have been exposed to herbicides such as Agent Orange. The Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2019 extended this presumption to include veterans who served within 12 nautical miles of Vietnam. The objective of this OIG review was to determine whether Veterans Benefit Administration (VBA) employees (1) notified Navy veterans of their potential eligibility to receive medical benefits under the act; …

   Asked by Berta, September 2, 2021

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6. Nehmer Footnote One Agent Orange claims

   Since VA has finally started to adjudicate Glue Water Navy AO claims, this info might help- Footnote One: -----Original Message----- > Subject: Footnote One Nehmer "Rick Spataro, Head Nehmer lawyer of NVLSP, explained Footnote One to me this way in email as soon as the Regulations were being prepared for the 3 new AO presumptives in 2010: “As for your second question, if the VA should have coded IHD in a rating decision, the claim that resulted in the rating decision could be considered a claim for benefits for IHD under footnote 1 of the Final Stipulation and Order in Nehmer. It basically depends on the timing of the claim, rating decision, and e…

   Asked by Berta, July 3, 2021

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7. Backpay for Agent Orange Exposure Claim

   My father was exposed to agent orange in the Navy while in country (he was brown water navy). He developed ischemic heart disease and finally rated at 100% this year, after being at 90% for several years. He hadn't applied for ischemic heart disease prior to my helping him this year. Does the VA pay or allow backpay for agent orange exposure? I'm just wanting to help him out and wondering how, if possible, to go about submitting information to the VA for him. Thank you in advance! John

   Asked by jqdaily, July 2, 2021

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8. VA to re-adjudicate Veteran and survivor claims for possible herbicide exposure

   This maybe old news to some but it was in my in box when I came home. May 14, 2021, 01:06:00 PM WASHINGTON — Veterans who were previously denied service connection for an herbicide related presumptive condition due to lack of in-country Vietnam service will have their claims automatically re-adjudicated by VA. VA to re-adjudicate Veteran and survivor claims for possible herbicide exposure

   Asked by pacmanx1, May 20, 2021

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9. Hypertension Treated by VA in the 1970's

   It looks like 2021 may be the year that hypertension (high blood pressure) finally becomes a A/O presumptive illness. If it happens, I have a "what if" question. I am currently a 100% disabled Vietnam Veteran (prostate cancer). I was discharged in 1967. Beginning in the 1970's I was treated at the VA Hospital in West Los Angeles for high blood pressure. Although I eventually switched to private care, I have been treated for high blood pressure my entire adult life. So my question is: If high blood pressure becomes an A/O presumptive illness, could I submit a claim for retro compensation to the 70's because the VA was treating me for it back then? Thanks eve…

   Asked by Max Rommel, April 19, 2021

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10. Vietnam Vets With Cml

    Our son who is 29 was just diagnosed with CML Leukemia. My husband served in Vietnam in the late 60 and was covered in Agent Orange. It appears from reading these messages that there are other Vietnam veterans whose children are being diagnosed with CML. Being such a rare disease especially in children too many of them seem to be from Vietnam Vets. Exactly how many of them are out there. The targeted drugs seem to be working but at an a co pay of $1800 a month. They are working on getting him financial help or discount through the pharmacy/drug company but they are saying this could be a life time cost. Anyone out there making any progress with getting help from the VA fo…

    Asked by Terry Hackett, March 29, 2021

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11. Movement on new VA Secretary to add HBP to AO presumptives

    John Plahovinsak: Disabled war veterans waiting for long overdue action | The Clermont Sun In part: "Over 150,000 Vietnam War veterans are waiting for a decision from Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Denis McDonough to obtain VA benefits they earned for their medical conditions. This decision would be to add hypertension to the list of medical conditions presumed to be caused by exposure to Agent Orange." "During McDonough’s Senate Confirmation Hearing and first news briefing, he said he felt the urgency to act on the hypertension issue. He pledged to look at the scientific evidence, rather than the cost. “Inevitably people focus …

    Asked by Berta, March 12, 2021

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12. Pressure on new VA Secretary to add HBP to AO presumptives

    John Plahovinsak: Disabled war veterans waiting for long overdue action | The Clermont Sun In part: "During McDonough’s Senate Confirmation Hearing and first news briefing, he said he felt the urgency to act on the hypertension issue. He pledged to look at the scientific evidence, rather than the cost. “Inevitably people focus first on the cost. I want to focus first on the facts and the data and what we know,” stated the new VA Secretary."

    Asked by Berta, March 12, 2021

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13. Agent Orange Guam recent BVA awrd

    GBArmy recently posted info in his blog on AO in Guam-I am glad he did, as this situation is still affecting many veterans and probably their survivors as well. Veterans have had a difficult time proving they were exposed to AO on Guam. The fact however that 2 veterans have proven they were exposed to AO on Guam, one quite recently, and there might be more at the BVA site- there are 2,208 BVA decisions there on AO and Guam. https://www.va.gov/vetapp05/files4/0527748.txt What gets me is that VA has been so adamant about NO AO on Guam, however they said that about Thailand, Blue Water ships ,and certain C 123s , and even CON…

    Asked by Berta, February 20, 2021

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