Va Adds Ships To Agent Orange Exposure List

[allan]

http://www.naus.org/news/news_veterans.html

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New Agent Orange Conditions Rating Worksheets

5/13/10 - NAUS has obtained the VA’s preliminary rating worksheets for the new Agent Orange related presumptive conditions (see story below). NAUS recommends filing your claim as soon as possible – using these worksheets should help you gather information that will be used by the VA in processing your claim and making its determination as to disability compensation. Please pass this link/info on to others you know.

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http://www.naus.org/news/documents/AgentOrangeShipsListAdd6-10.doc

VA Adds Ships to Agent Orange Exposure List

This week the VA has added the below named ships to the already existing list for Navy and Coast Guard ships and vessels that are presumed to have been exposed to Agent Orange. If you served on any of these mentioned ships and you have had a claim denied, you should reapply citing the VA list as the source for your reapplication. NAUS is told the VA is already working on a third list that will have more ships listed. If you have a claim and evidence the ship you served on was in Vietnamese waters and/or actually tied up to a dock there, make sure you include that with your claim.

VA Lists Navy Ships that Qualify for Presumptive Agent Orange Exposure

6/10 – The Department of Veterans Affairs Compensation and Pension Service has issued 2 lists of naval vessels it has verified conducted operations on the inland “brown water” rivers and delta areas of Vietnam. The lists also identify certain vessel types that operated primarily on the inland waterways. If a veteran’s service aboard one of these ships can be confirmed through military records during the time frames specified, then exposure to herbicide agents (e.g., Agent Orange) can be presumed. The lists include all vessels of Inshore Fire Support (IFS) Division 93; all vessels with the designation LST, LCVP, PCF (“Swift Boats”), and PBR during their entire Vietnam tour; all Coast Guard WPBs and WHECs during their Vietnam tours. Several other vessels and time frames of operations are included in these lists. See list issued 1/10 , http://www.naus.org/news/documents/VA_CP_BulletinJan10.pdf

and list issued 6/10.

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