Kurt -the recent AO Thailand awarded veteran- is interviewing Steve for this show!
Both of these men have considerable info on AO outside of Vietnam and can provide the links to where this info can be found.
I noticed that the BVA awards of AO comp to vets who served outside of Nam- excluding Korean vets who do fall into the AO regs- were awarded due to detailed documentation of how the vet was exposed.
Also the vets with awards used documentation from DOD etc- and any other source to prove that AO was where they were.
Vets have to understand that -the BVA could award a AO vet who proved he was exposed to AO -lets say on the Pipeline in Alaska-when the Army Corps of Engineers used it sporadically- but then deny the very next vets case who also claimed exposure to almost the same circumstances -yet provided VA with no documented proof it was sprayed where he was.
Every case needs justification for any award.
This is why you cannot use a BVA case from another vet to prove your own case- except maybe in some very unusual circumstances.
AO exposure outside of Nam and Korea DMZ regs requires the documented disability as found on the AO presumptive list and then a personal account -with proof- as to how you were in fact exposed to AO.
Disabilities attributed to AO NOT on the AO list have been awarded in a very few cases where the vet had a strong IMO from expert environmental specialists who were med docs too and could opine that-but for AO exposure- there was no other etiology possible for the claimed medical disability.
But the VA has denied plenty of these types of claims even with IMOs.
This will be a great show.The info these men have is extensive but their links could hold the key for many AO claimants trying to prove ecxposure outside of Nam.
Edited by Berta
GRADUATE ! Nov 2nd 2007 American Military University !
When thousands of Americans faced annihilation in the 1800s Chief
Osceola's response to his people, the Seminoles, was
simply "They(the US Army)have guns, but so do we."
Sameo to us -They (VA) have 38 CFR ,38 USC, and M21-1- but so do we.
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Kurt -the recent AO Thailand awarded veteran- is interviewing Steve for this show!
Both of these men have considerable info on AO outside of Vietnam and can provide the links to where this info can be found.
I noticed that the BVA awards of AO comp to vets who served outside of Nam- excluding Korean vets who do fall into the AO regs- were awarded due to detailed documentation of how the vet was exposed.
Also the vets with awards used documentation from DOD etc- and any other source to prove that AO was where they were.
Vets have to understand that -the BVA could award a AO vet who proved he was exposed to AO -lets say on the Pipeline in Alaska-when the Army Corps of Engineers used it sporadically- but then deny the very next vets case who also claimed exposure to almost the same circumstances -yet provided VA with no documented proof it was sprayed where he was.
Every case needs justification for any award.
This is why you cannot use a BVA case from another vet to prove your own case- except maybe in some very unusual circumstances.
AO exposure outside of Nam and Korea DMZ regs requires the documented disability as found on the AO presumptive list and then a personal account -with proof- as to how you were in fact exposed to AO.
Disabilities attributed to AO NOT on the AO list have been awarded in a very few cases where the vet had a strong IMO from expert environmental specialists who were med docs too and could opine that-but for AO exposure- there was no other etiology possible for the claimed medical disability.
But the VA has denied plenty of these types of claims even with IMOs.
This will be a great show.The info these men have is extensive but their links could hold the key for many AO claimants trying to prove ecxposure outside of Nam.
Edited by BertaGRADUATE ! Nov 2nd 2007 American Military University !
When thousands of Americans faced annihilation in the 1800s Chief
Osceola's response to his people, the Seminoles, was
simply "They(the US Army)have guns, but so do we."
Sameo to us -They (VA) have 38 CFR ,38 USC, and M21-1- but so do we.
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