Blue Waters AO info from OGC

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The General Counsel VA has explained how BWN vet claims will work as to retro:

https://www.va.gov/OGC/docs/2019/VAOPGCPREC3-2019.pdf

It is 19 pages long, and defines how these BWN claims are technically not under Nehmer but still have the favorable EED provisions.

Thousands of BWN 12 mile limit vets and/or their survivors are, in my opinion, still completely unaware of the Blue Water Navy Act, and it seems,if they don't have a PC,

or do but never google for BWN or AO issues, the National News isn't interested in informing them.

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Oddly enough this was the last OGC Pres Op published in 2019 and there are none so far in 2020.

The General Counsel's Office has been greatly affected by the Covid situation- like many  parts of VA Central.

I was going to post this today but realized I already did when it was published.

It concerns me that we have not had many Blue Water AO vets here.....or even their survivors.

But if they fall into HR 299, ( have AO presumptive disability and ship's logs verify  they were in 10 Mile limit, during the war ),  their claims would be easy for VA to handle.  

I hope.