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0:00 Introduction
0:52 AGENT ORANGE 101 SECTION
2:24 Agent Orange VA benefits
3:33 Who qualifies for Agent Orange disability benefits?
4:50 Brown Water veterans and Boots on the ground vs. Blue Water Navy Veterans
6:12 Should veterans re-apply or appeal their old Agent Orange claims?
7:48 Agent Orange Presumptive diseases and medical conditions
9:25 New diseases added to Agent Orange presumptive list in 2021
10:42 Air Force veterans exposed to agent orange through C-123 aircrafts
12:10 Healthcare benefits and Agent Orange registry discussion
14:20 Agent orange benefits for children of Vietnam Veterans (birth defects, spina bifida, etc.)
16:01 THAILAND SECTION & KOREAN DMZ STARTS HERE
18:41 Agent Orange and similar herbicides used in Okinawa, Korea, Thailand
21:01 Exclusive Thailand herbicides webinar class with Attorneys Gregg Maxon and Matt Hill
23:26 Thailand map of US military bases and installations during Vietnam War
27:20 US Air Force bases exposed to Agent Orange and similar herbicides
28:00 Proving you were in Thailand and exposed to herbicides - Agent Orange
32:50 Legal Foundation for Thailand case arguments (Gregg Maxon)
36:05 CHECO Report - Thailand references and specific pages
37:34 Army Field Manual 3-3 Tactical Use of Herbicides from December 1971
38:30 Issues with VA's Thailand policy and proving your Thailand case
39:38 Thailand Utapao (U-TAPAO) Airfield map
39:50 Evidence to gather for your Thailand case
42:22 Korat Air Base Example (softball example)
43:27 Thailand Ramasun Station, Diagram, Safe Zone, and Photos
45:50 Active duty photo of veteran Gregg Maxon in Ramasun Station (his job: linguist)
47:50 Getting the right disability rating and effective date for your Thailand VA claim
53:20 Thailand veterans Question and Answer section
1:04:50 BLUE WATER NAVY SECTION STARTS HERE
1:06:25 Philippines, Subic Bay, etc. Agent Orange exposure
1:07:52 Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2019 Explained
1:09:22 What is the Blue Water Navy Procopio case?
1:10:05 Who qualifies as a family survivor of a Blue Water Navy veteran?
1:11:22 Proving your Vietnam Blue Water Navy disability claims for Agent Orange Exposure with evidence
1:14:02 US carrier ships DO NOT qualify for Agent Orange presumptions
1:15:52 Exposed to JP-4 Fuel | Unable to prove in Vietnam
1:16:17 When to hire a VA-accredited lawyer for Blue Water Navy disability claims
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What are Blue Water Navy Veterans?
Blue Water Navy Veterans are those who served in the open coastal waters of the Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam War era.
Public Law 116-23, The Blue Water Navy Veteranâs Act of 2019, created a presumption for certain illnesses due to Agent Orange exposure for those 50-90,000 veterans who served on a US Navy or Coast Guard ship between January 9, 1962, and May 7, 1975, no further than 12 miles from the coast of Vietnam. Just as Brown Water Veterans, who were typically on patrol boats, were awarded by the Agent Orange Act of 1991, finally, 28 years later, the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act now states that Blue Water veterans are eligible for disability benefits due to presumption of exposure to Agent Orange, an herbicide agent, just as those veterans who had âboots on the groundâ on Vietnamese soil.
What Are Agent Orange Presumptive Diseases?
The following conditions are presumptive to those who the Department of Veterans Affairs has conceded Agent Orange exposure and herbicide exposure to. which includes those who served boots on the ground, those within the inland waterways of Vietnam, and also now includes Blue Water veterans who served in the US Navy ships that were in open waters within the 12-mile radius of the coastline of Vietnam:
Chronic B-cell Leukemia
Hodgkinâs Disease
Multiple Myeloma
Prostate Cancer
Respiratory Cancers
Soft Tissue Sarcomas
Diabetes Mellitus Type 2
Ischemic Heart Disease
Parkinsonâs Disease
Early Onset Peripheral Neuropathy* (CIDP)
Porphyria Cutanea Tarda
Non-Hodgkinâs Lymphoma
AL Amyloidosis
Chloracne
2021: Bladder Cancer, Hypothyroidism, and Parkinsonism.
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Speakers
Matthew Hill - Managing Partner of Hill & Ponton
Brian Hill - Founding Partner of H&P
Carol Ponton - Founding Partner of H&P
Natalia Jofre - COO of H&P
Rachel Cheek - VA-Accredited Attorney of H&P
Gregg Maxon - Attorney Of Counsel to H&P (Thailand veteran)
HUGE thank you to :
1. Vietnam-era Veterans
2. National Organization of Veterans Advocates
3. Blue Water Navy Association and Ed Ball's continued research
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I suffered years later after service in Thailand ⊠specifically RTAFB Nam Phong ⊠malenomas. One was removed out of my back that was the size of an apricot. I have pictures of it. I filed with the VA doctor exposure in our base in Thailand.
I spent two tours (69,70 and 71) Working mostly in the Preload area at U Tapao. We worked at the perimeter area of the base as were all of the munitions areas on the bases. I had boils removed, acne on my back, a melanoma on my arm (still there) and just had a melanoma removed from my brain. I was also part of Project 100,00, which makes me a pariah to the VA. 51 years of being ignored and I will probably die without ever being heard.
all of my life after Viet Nam i have been plagued with stomach problem and when i went to the VA when i got out of the service and had to go to private doctors to get help and 59 years later i went to the VA to get help and they told me they did every thing they could and they sent me out
You need to challenge that denial! There could be multiple options on how, but best to consult with someone that knows how to guide you. You get it?
I had these conditions on active duty, but the Army didnât call these conditions by name. They called them âUNDETERMINED ORGANISMâ, or Group B Disease, or Group A Streptococcus, or Rashes, or Lesions, or Skin Disease, or Irregular Heart Beat, or a dozen other things, but none of what they list as presumptive. All done for one reason, to deny all C & P and Service ConnectionâŠ..
Sorry brother it is a shame there are a lot guys like you,' the only people they help are the ones that are here illegally . Keep fighting the system best thing is get a lawyer that does va victims work
I am working with DAV on my claim for Agent Or Exposure. Got the runaround from VA for decades. I suggest checking with Disabled Veteran's, or your local VFW. Ea. of these + numerous Veterans will tell you the VA does not care one iota, and sucks.
While stationed at Travis AFB (89) the base started cleaning up hazardous waste thoughout the base and set up a facility to store and remove waste from the base. A drum of agent orange was found that had rotted open and was contained and removed.I worked at this facility.
Why not check the agent orange that was stored McCoy Air Force Base Orlando Florida 1962 during the Cuban crisis I was there I know for sure we had barrels of agent Orange that we unloaded off the trains and some was broken We buried them in the sand even the Orlando sentinel has had a story on how much contamination that's still at that base even though it's not there no more it's Orlando airport now we talk about Vietnam Cambodia all the other places when we got contamination on our own basis several in United States why don't you check that out James Lester
My husband passed away of prostate cancer, but also he was diagnosed with sleep apnea May, 2022 he filled for agent orange in 2006. Heâs an aircraft mechanics station in Thailand and also
I served at Pleiku, Central Highlands, Vietnam in June 1969 until mid 1970. I was diagnosed with agent orange in 1999. My daughterâs doctor at Kaiser hospital in San Carlos, California has declared that she has no claim for agent orange. Thyroid cancer, and a few miscarriages. At the age of 43, she finally had a daughter in January 2023. What can I do to reclaim my daughterâs cancer diagnosis and treatment, and to correct my claim that I had originally filed for disability in January 1989? Iâve asked my daughter for her permission to release her medical records and her permission to file for her claims.
I was in Panama in 1967 and 68 and I KNOW FOR A FACT that agent Orange was used there. We saw burnt foliage at a beach we used to go to on time off. And there are tons of information on the internet about it. I worked on C-130B models and saw barrels of it on board.
I was tested by local VA for Agent Orange Registry and they said I had no exposure. Fact: was at DaNang AB, 1966, I worked in Base Operations on flight line, C-123 Ranch Hand aircraft (AO sprayers) were parked nearby, later moved two buildings off ramp. We worked rotating shifts, lived in tents in Camp DaNang. My VA claim for Agent Orange was denied in late 1980s. My severe Peripheral Neuropathy wasn't diagnosed till late 1990s, I thought lack of feeling in feet was aging even thought detected around age 25. I also served at U-Tapao and NKP airbases in Thailand in 1966-67 and 1972 and intend to apply at claim for it. Denied claims state after a year you can't reapply or they ask if you accept the denial that the Board gave if you did reapply within a year. Comments welcome.
I recently discovered the warehouse I worked in Vietnam, stored Agent Orange. I worked there for 18 months. When my daughter was born with birth defects and I turned to the VA, they brushed me off, saying I didn't handle Agent Orange. This makes me sick. Heart attacks, boils, four heart catheterizations
DId you serve there during the Vietnam time frame?
@@evilload Yep, 67-68
@@waltergodsoe5526 Are the birth defects recognized by the VA? As in, part of law or not? EDIT: Seems a bit dishonest to say that the VA said you never handled AO. Either you were there or not is the factor, not whether you handled it or not.
Just need to be in country
I was theBase Photographer on U-Tapao back in 1967/68 and that revetment area that you talked about had an accidental Explosion... there was a Thai man working on a K-loader stacking 500 lb bombs. there was a chain reaction... 1 bomb bumped into the next and the whole revetment Blew Up. I was sitting at the Beer Garden more than a mile away and the roof fell in due to the concussion ! I spent the next few days taking thousands of pictures of the damage. There was a hole in the ground nearly 75 feet deep and maybe 200 feet wide !
Fun days ! Kinda weird... just last week I threw out about 50 old 8x10in black and white prints that I had of that exact thing !
I was a heavy construction mechanic a CM3 Seabee. I suffer with lung disease for years. The problem is it didn't really show up to years later. Chronic pneumonia, bronchitis and eventually Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis which lead to a lung transplant 9 months ago 50+ years after active Duty. A life long post military ailments that never had before. Lung Disease, Chronic pneumonia & bronchitis, high blood pressure,restless leg sindrome
Winding up with a lung transplant. Was told none of this points towards military service. Mostly off the coast of Vietnam shuttled in and out to work on machines. Not enough documented paper work to confirm anything with boots on ground.
Was also told if the lung problem was cancer I could probably have a claim so I just gave up wasting my time.
Yeah my dad recently just received it after his heart surgeries
My husband is in the hospital on Dialysis Medicine as of now and Iâm not getting any help for his care from the VA , been so sick for a long time now and Iâm the wife just been managing him . In Vietnam
From 19 70 to 19 71 Agent Orange and C O P D
My husband :
James Robert McKee 20 yrs . in the Navy
The early onset classification for Peripheral Neuropathy is crap. I knew nothing about the problems caused by Agent Orange until 30 years after leaving the military and Vietnam. I was told records from my civilian doctor during that time would be acceptable. The problem for me and I would guess many other Vietnam vets who suffer from this problem is those doctors are dead and their records destroyed. This neuropathy not only causes tingling, cold feeling and pain, but it causes loss of balance as well and who knows what other problems. Those veterans suffering from Peripheral Neuropathy got hosed on the VA's determination for this Agent Orange caused problem.
Weâre you a Marine? My husband was in Vietnam 68-69.
if your doctor was part of a hospital system the records my still be held by the hospital on film in there records storage area.
I returned from Vietnam in October 1969 and was stationed at Ft McClellan and assigned to Noble Army Hospital until April 1971.
From what I understand, the Citizenâs of Anniston were compensated from Monsanto because of basically making the city a toxic waste dump.
In my case Iâve been exposed to agent orange twice while serving in the Army.
I wonât bore you with my health problems, but Iâve had share!!!
Why am I having so much trouble trying to get rated for sleep apnea. When I am covered under the pack of Agent Orange. I have a pacemaker. I have diabetes many symptoms of the Agent Orange I was awarded, but they will not connect my sleep Aechmea worth agent, orange, USS constellation CVA 64, within 12 miles blue water connection, how do I get connected sleep Aechmea with agent orange
They didn't give me my effective date I filed TDIU which was 2010 instead they only went back to 2021? I have my original filing. Why didn't thye go back to the beginning?
Thank you for the very helpful info. Tahkli Thailand 66-67
BOOTS ON GROUND â in 1983, and the VA agreed and presumed I was Exposed to Agent Orange, then flat denied my claims. The AO Exam was not totally either. My was caused by I was hospitalized again at RSAH, RedStone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama in February 1972, two months after I had requested my I was never assisted or even given any medical treatment records for the evidence needed.
Any Coast Guard members coming in here, I am a USCG Vietnam combat Veteran. For the past 20 years I have been following Agent Orange and how the VA handles Vets who have been exposed (aka "put on the presumptive list" of exposure to Agent Orange").
A few years back ALL USCG VESSELS that served in Vietnam were designated to have served in "brown water." (Prior to this all-encompassing designation the VA went unit by unit to designate if a USCG vessel served in brown or blue water.)
Why does this matter for us? Let's assume you are diagnosed with one of the maladies on the VA's presumptive list as caused by Agent Orange. Also assume that for whatever reason you do not have medical insurance or it is inadequate (your policy lapses, you are in between jobs, you forgot to pay the bill, you are poor, you got the tin-level insurance policy, whatever). Because you served in Vietnam, and your malady is on the presumptive list as it having been caused by Agent Orange, you are now entitled to the best FREE medical care our nation provides in the private sector (doctors who work in the VA system are some of the finest MDs around. E.g., I am in San Francisco. The doctors at my local VAMC are professors at the med schools, chiefs of surgery, and have impressive curriculum vitĂŠ.
So if you qualify (a Coastie who served in Vietnam) go online and sign up for the VA's "Agent Orange Registry." Then get enrolled in the VA healthcare system. You want them to issue you the super valuable VA Healthcare Enrollee ID card. All this costs you nothing and it is easy to get signed up.
Bonus Tip: Visit your local "Veterans Service Office," they will handle everything for you. And because the VA pays for these offices, most states and counties have one.
P.S. To my fellow Coasties: In the past few years I have known about or come across our mates who have contracted the maladies associated with Agent Orange. So sadly, yes, our exposure and damage therefrom has been CONFIRMED. Personally, I have had problems on the list, and now that the 2022 PACT Act added hypertension as a presumed disease caused by exposure to Agent Orange, I can add that to my list of Agent Orange maladies.
We all lived in Anniston, Alabama and Fort McClellan where my husband was stationed.. He guarded Agent Orange when he was stationed there⊠We all in Anniston was exposed.. Bynum Depot that clean up military equipment coming back from Vietnam.. Pelham range
Beverly, if you haven't already, check out our free Fort McClellan toxic exposure video series here: va-law.hillandponton.com/ft-mcclellan-secrets-exposed/
I am 90% rated for total 60% heart disease, 70% PTSD but they don't cover my Corided arteries right one is 100% BLOCKED ,LEFT ONE 67% BLOCKED ,IT SEEMS If Agent Orange effects blood flow to the Heart but not Brain is strange for me
Problem with the VA are the older people who are evaluating are wired to deny you benefits up to the point you ask to get treated
- these includes the providers.
Hypertension presumptive denied.
What about storage? Camp Pendleton is a super fund site. Especially the flight line where I was stationed in 1994 to 98 I was told I may have been exposed to DDT exc. in the chow hall water. Barracks water, and HMLA 267 hanger. Jackson and MacNichol in Maine told me they only have water records to 1985.
I server in Korea March 1972 to May1973 on the DMZ
A lot of discussion about presumption of service connection in relation to agent Orange exposures. I was very much interested on any claims of service connection for soldiers stationed in Germany from the 70âs to late 1980âs who were expose to radioactive materials & ionizing radiation while working as first responders to any radioactive release due to training or accidental release of radioactive materials. I understand that the effects of exposures to radioactivity & ionizing radiation also took a long time to manifest and many medical conditions maybe presumed as service connected.What was the VAâs position regarding disability presumption for personnel who were assigned to handle the radioactive materials and were exposed in performing their tasks. My unit in Landsthul, Germany, USA Nuclear Medica Research(1972- 1973) was one of the few first responders unit that handles the instruments,
personnel training & assessment of radioactivity when radioactive materials were accidentally or intentionally released.
I'm curious about radiation too! I was stationed for a year at Pirinclik Installation, Diyarbakir, Turkey during the 1985/86 frame. We were a radar site with two gigantic fan type antennas and a huge dish antenna. We were told that the radiation emitted by the antennas wasn't affecting us, but it's strange how hundreds of birds were dying on the base every day. Now, and for the past 20 years I have suffered greatly from aches and pains that medicine don't seem to help. I would like to find out if others who were stationed at places like that is having health issues similar to mine.
I was in the vetanam in 68 to69 i had sign papers in a log to make sure that I would be able to be computation for this I had red bumps all over my face back and it's still affecting me I was in Combat for 15 months
How about CS gas used in the 1970's in Basic Training? Many studies now show that the levels used were streamly dangerous, causing lung damage and possibly deaths.
I have questions but seem to miss your timing!. Do you have a certain time your on youtube?
Thanks
Usually we're on Wednesdays at 2PM EST, but it varies. Our attorneys are too pressed for time to settle on a consistent day and time.
Agent Orange was used by US Coast Guard ATON crews for clearing Kudzo from navigational markers on the rivers in the Southern States along with other herbicides. I believe one VA claim was approved.
Effective Date, Can this be established from VA or Dr treatment records / history ?
Do VA or other medical facilities dispose of medical records after some time ?
Can you cover Sgt. Laura Jones vs
U.S. of Camp Lejeune NC and
DMZ 17th Parallel
I have filed a claim for Agent Orange Diabetes Benefits. The VA has Veterans Evaluation Services doing all my testing. VES has my name spelled incorrectly (both 1st & last). I have spoken with them 3 times about this and cannot get them to correct the spelling. Anyone know of where I can go to get this corrected? I have a bad feeling that this will create a big problem with the VA. Thanks
Can my mother file now that my father has passed? Would she be entitled to anything
Texas Tech, has almost all records on microfilms, including Morning Roll-call âINâ Viet Nam.
I was part of search and recovery team in mid to late 90s all over vietnam, laos, cambodia, etc. Definately qualify for 'boots on ground" as our teams dug up soil contaminated with agent orange and sifted it through screens in order to find remains, artifacts...just wondering of this would be considered a 'condition' by va?
Nope. Have to have been "boots on ground" during Viet Nam war time period.
What you say, and what the VBA says, and what they do are two different animals entirely. The VA does not do what they are required to do. There is no accountability or anyone to enforce the law. They do as they want to do. I was hospitalized with rash, lesions, acne, broke out around my eyes with the acne, bloody urine, bone pain, abdominal pain, heart rates over 90 and under 60 bpm at bed rest, and a whole slew of other conditions, which got worse after Vietnam, and the US Army withheld every medical record made on me except the DA 3349 with the P-3 Permanent Profile for
The no accountability is correct.
Link to macular degenerstion secondary yo stenosis in the heart... there are articles supporting this
Can a Vietnam veteran who has agent orange diagnosed in his medical records adult children file claim after finding out their medical diagnosis is connected to the veterans exposure? Also, can the wife of the Vietnam Veteran who developed health issues be connected be that exposure can be related to bodily fluids from intimacy?
This needs to be updated with the passing of the PACT act.
What about veterans that had âboots on the groundâ but have past away. Could the surviving spouse fight for benefits?
How about if we are state side & after 1980 ??? That have hypothyroid
1971 i was in bankok waiting for my ship. The ship uss oklahoma city clg5 also had r &r for us in bankok tialand. To go to bankok you had to go to main gate in order for ride to bankok. Note it was a air force b 52 base. Dosent it show exposure to us . Also our deck log shows i was on the ship 71 to 74 off coast less than 12 miles which exsposed me to agent orange. Have claim but hasn't been approved yet. I have hart issues.
Was on Guam in 65.and Takhli Thailand in January 1967 to January 68. Have heart
Had high blood pressure for years, was on dialysis for three years finally got a kidney transplant , am I a presumptive case
What about thyroid issues black spots on thyroid etc...agent orange related
My hubby was on a LST in the Viet Nam war. Anyone on a LST ship is automatically included in Agent Orange if they have medical problems
You know I'm going to say something else you got a lot of people in the United States that are drawn welfare now anytime they're sick they go to the hospital they get treated better than what that's veterans do why I put my life on the line for this country I am not smart enough to sit behind a desk and answer telephone because I don't read write or spell I could sign my own name when I join but I seen people that signed with an x and the sergeant sign behind them why why are we it just pisses me off man thank you
I well I sent you a message earlier today and for some reason my message wasn't all printed it was just the last things that I said and now it won't let me go to where it says read more it just goes through reply to your thing thank you guys a whole bunch for I thought everything that the public called in about would be furnished for the rest of the public to see but I see you're holding back just like our federal government thank you much have a
@@jiimmymiller401 go to your nearest VA and ask for an Agent to help you. Thatâs your best bet.
@@jiimmymiller401 2 years ago my husband died from all the cancer that was diagnosed blue water he was on board a ship. In Vietnam's waters. I filed papers immediately.
@@barbaraaunan6556 kids
Are they going to do anything for children on the fatherâs side for birth defects or getting things like cancer to be recognized?
What about mechanic motor pools my husband work on vehicles
What about U.S residents living around the Mississippi river and all the area that the Mississippi river has touched swamps etcetera, and the recipients of produce grown/canned and shipped out of Mississippi state
Fr? This is for Veterans and possibly their dependents.
What if my husband was denied for a couple of illnesses. But he was still rated 100%. He passed almost 2 years ago with service connected. Is there anything I should be filing for on his behalf as a surviving spouse?
Back in 1970 through 1971 i was assigned to a small unit on the west coast with the responsibility of destroying and or recycling returning Vietnam Jungle fatigues the ware house had bins of these rags. I had notice that after the Iraq war these uniforms were destroyed in Iraq but this was not the case with Vietnam. I have a heart condition, diabetes, thyroid. Do I qualify under the Pact Act. Thank you
What they are required to do by law, and what they actually do are entirely different. I was boots on ground, PROVEN, but was totally denied all benefits and all C & P, with all my medical records intentionally withheld for 45 years, and my oldest son died young because of MY Agent Orange Ingestion. 51 years and still having to prove my records I finally did get are âNEW AND MATERIALââŠThe VBA says they are not new and material, but they just let me have some of them recently (2916)âŠâŠ..
Sarcoidosis is presumptive, and they deny my claim. I have fibrosis in my lungs, too. Is this sickness fall in the list.??
Can spouse receive any benefit since her VN vet husband recently died from pancreatic and stomach cancer ??
We are filling for 10years now still denying.sounds good.
May i ask sir, in behalf of my father who's a Vietnam vet and also involved in agent orange. Is that he was sent a letter asked to have a c&p exam to a condition of his who we have read that is 'presumed' under agent orange, is them asking for an exam for that really needed? Thanks
Yes it is
@@sandienimocks8158 thank you ma'am
It is not that mysterious. Remember that you have to show that he was there, then that he is diagnosed with the problem and then they just want to see that he still has the problem for verification thus the c&p. the "Presumption" only replaces the nexus.
Good afternoon, do you have an office here in Laredo, I have a case on agent orange for my husband he passed away in 1986, as a lineman in Vietnam he got infected with agent orange , or if you recommend a lawyer for the case here in Laredo Texas. Thank you.
You probably do not need a Lawyer. Check with nearest Disabled American Veterans Office. It's Free. They CARE, and they have "Muscle" in dealing with Organizations (VA), who deny veterans and spouces their earned and deserved benefits.
Iâve been turned down three times now even though they claim thereâs no dispute that I was there but the dispute is that I was not security police but my barracks was well within 100 feet of the perimeter still fighting this I really do believe they want me to be dead before Iâm done claiming this least thatâs the way it seems
Is kidney failure also a condition of agent orange even though not on military records there.
Who now would want to enlist in the service of a country that doesn't give a damn enough about their soldiers who make sure their rich hind ends are safe. Why does it take 10-15 years to get a settlement. I enlisted to go into service during the Vietnam War. I love my country, just have little faith in the VA!!!
Is it possible to win a case without your military med docs? Iâm awaiting mine.
All they cared about was the DD-214 info for presumptions. And existing conditions
No military med docs.
When you are lied to for 45 years being told your records were lost in transit from Vietnam, and then you are told â all information is being withheld which if released would fall under the Deliberative Process Privilege â, and even then you and the VBA BOTH have the documents in hand proving DIRECT SERVICE CONNECTION, I did receive the inpatient hospitalization records from Vietnam for an entire month in 2016, but six months following my return are being withheld intentionally. I need a It is
Your local DAV, VFW and American Legion can give help also.
Got a letter saying that they were reviewing my husband's case for AO. It's been months now and still no word back from the VA. How long does it take to get an answer?
Forever
Years sometime unfortunately đ
Can gall bladder cancer be caused by AO ?
i got my combat veterans pay for my cancer now more happened the VA is saying that my treatment for cancer has an increased risk of cancer and stroke?
Hi, what if you served in Vietnam era?
Maybe watch the video and see if you served in the areas which are part of the agent orange exposure area? Or just google it? SMDH...
Apply!
What about the children of those with connected agent orange disability? Those who had children as soon as they returned from Nam.
im also waiting for that answer because im one
Agent Orange was used in Panama.
What year or years?
FT.SHERMAN,CANAL ZONE, THIS IS JUST ONE AREA OF MANY. HELP THE VET.
cool story. any evidence to back it up?
What about products from Vietnam shipped to the USA
LOL. Keep trying. đ€Šââ
I was physically in Vietnam in `68-`69 .Will this agent-orange presumption be sent to me automatically,from who? if this is presumptive why do I have to apply?
Then don't apply for compensation. It is that simple.
If you have a condition related to Agent Orange.....
How was the driver in Vietnam for a year and we was all over the place I was not there when they was actually spraying it but when we were on convoys we would stop in a supposed safe area and we would actually go swimming in bomb craters. Since that time I have had bladder cancer that was removed and I just found out a couple of weeks ago that I have some kind of cancer under my left eyelid
Agent Orange was still being used in Okinawa in the 1980s-1990s.
It was everywhere on the island from Naha to northern training area..
@@Senior-Busa-Rider My command was selling it to the Japanese to spray on Camp Hansel.
I was the escort for all uso shows on and off island we need to talk Iâm n face book get back to me.
What about those of us that trained at Ft McClellan which was then later closed due to contamination, then served on Johnston Island Hawaii ? Is there any hope for those of us that spent time on that contaminated island ?! I have yet to find any success stories with regards to claims even though its clearly admitted that the island was severely contaminated and still there is no recognizing our claimsâŠ.
Suggest U check out DAV reports , scroll UP. VA couldn't care less!!. DAV Does.
I was also on Johnson Island for a week in 1983 on a tow boat hauling large barges for the navy with supplies going to Vietnam . VA told me that the war was over and I could not use that for any thing that I have there was three of us men from the crew of the boat walking all around the Island looking for fresh water we did not have any protective gear on and we were told that we was going to glow in the dark.
What is the CFR 38 code for herbicides or agent orange?
38 CRF 3.307
§ 3.307 Presumptive service connection for chronic, tropical, or prisoner-of-war related disease, disease associated with exposure to certain herbicide agents, or disease associated with exposure to contaminants in the water supply at Camp Lejeune; wartime and service on or after January 1, 1947.
38 CFR 3.309 Agent Orange Presumptive Conditions
Currently there are fourteen presumptive conditions associated with Agent
Orange exposure as outlined in 38 CFR 3.309
I was stationed at Eglin AFB in the 1980s. It was and probably still is contaminated with agent Orange and all of the agents. I worked in areas where there were warning signs. I have a rare disease since being stationed there in the 80s. Can I file a claim?
I was stationed there from 1971-1972..
Can I file a claim?
file with buddy letters and let them decide. Not filing is a non decision.
We we we sign up for the round up and I just emailed them yesterday. I got the shits waiting on them. They have me waiting forever. Heâs been gone seven years. He use round up since he got his first home in 1980.
My husband had chronic lukema . His name was Christian Joseph Schmoll . I lost him in 2008. Everything he died from was service connected he was 100percent service and 100percent disabled . Can I get his agent Orange claim that wasn't listed. I get a DIC pension. There were some conditions that wasn't approved when they compensated me the first time.
i was stationed on the DMZ in Korea from July 1966 ti February 1969 i was stationed at Camp Alamo which is the norther most U.s Army 's outpost. i was there 2 years 7 months . i was denied my VA claim twice.for Parkinson's. The VA denied my claim saying that my service records to not show that i was stationed at the DMZ. yet i have tons of photos that show i was there,
I was stationed near the DMZ .in 1969-1970
@@angelvazquez284 I was stationed in JSA, which is also on the DMZ from 2000-2002, and they still had remnants of jumping betty mines from the Korean War, would I still be qualified to exposure even though it was past the required years
Mos is food rationist considered???
Your job has nothing to do with presumptive conditions. Its all about location and date. đ€Šââ
My 72 yo husband served on blue waters in 1974, filed for agent orange benefit in June 2017 but denied, w hypothyroidism since 2012, was nehmer rated in 2021 and last year was diagnosed w enlargement of the heart and hypertension. Heâs already 100% rated disability. Will he get a % of back pay since he filed 6yrs ago? Pls advise.
Yes. June of 2017 should be the back pay date
@@nacolewagner211 thanks for the reply
please can you just talk about how to get benefits from agent orange exposure? Please
What about the veterans children? My sister and I both have had fibroid tumors. We both ha e had to bave a hysterectomy as result of the tumors. At the age of 8 or 9 years old was when I had my first surgery. I remember my surgeon Dr Ustermon (spelling isn't correct ) in Longview i
,WA. I think my parents tried to file a claim back the . What can. We do
I have bad a 10 pohnd umor in 1995 and a 14 pound in 2010removed
God bless you have my prayers.
How do u find out where ur love one was located during his service time? My husband died 7 yrs ago you know what the VA told me do you know what the VA told me that they didnât keep records like that back then itâs not like today, but he would even give me what the poverty level was to qualify for benefits, such as insurance and disabled like I am benefits, rather than goes through Social Security he wouldnât even help me with that He wouldnât give me my education as a widow of the Vietnam war that I was quite upset and I still feel robbed of the benefits of knowledge
Where someone was stationed should be in his 201 File in StLouis.
Twelve miles seems to be an arbitrary number. What about a vet who has served off the coast of Vietnam, but not within the twelve mile limit, and has developed one of the conditions.
We do agree 12 miles seems rather arbitrary. If you're not within the zone, there may be other ways to obtain service connection. In one of the included clips, attorneys Brian Hill and Carol Ponton do talk about getting service connected benefits through other common types of harmful chemical exposure like JP-4 Jet fuel, asbestos, etc.
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Filed for presumptive Hypothyroidism a year ago this month and still havenât heard a thing! If presumptive why havenât I havenât see any -0- benefits yet! I was on the ground in Vietnam 1967-68!
same here - however, it did get a quicky C&P - you may want to ask them about that.
I filed for Hypothyroid presumption back in August 2022, still waiting on the Snails at the VA to crawl to work.
I filed for hypothyroidism in 3 Aug 2022. I have heard nothing. 9 months
I am feeling sorry for Vietnam Era Veterans... It seems like they are in a different battle in old age and with infirmities... Nevermine the stigma that their being in an umpopular war wrought on their social well-being and the fact that some were drafted. 'Just saying...
Shipped to Germany?
Fore get it your screwed
You lost me when you recommended the VFW đ Theyâre terrible
Otherwise GREAT information. Thank you
Ask not what ur country can do for u. Ask what u can do for ur country.
All most impossible to get on Agent Orange registry!!!!!
What about PANAMA?
HERBICIDES WERE SPRAYED,USED IN AND AROUND ARMY BASES, RECREATION AREA'S FOR THE SOLDIERS OFF DUTY LAKE GATUN,EST
South Korea 1977
presumptive......................I am.
I have been REFUSED being able to file anything for decades even though my children have birth defects, my spouses had miscarriages, etc. and therefore the VA can simply IGNORE all that times that I TRIED to file my claims.
Right you are. I (tried) working through the VA for almost 20 years! "Deny, deny, deny 'till you Die", is the general motto. Four month ago a Navy neighbor took me to a VFW meeting and turned me on to an Adjudant of the District D.A.V. The Adjudant USED to work in the VA. Quit because he was Disgustted by how much the VA screwed the Veterans and how little the VA cared. Have now gained 20% in Disability rating and the DAV are still digging. Suggest get with DAV, present your case, don't lie, You are likely to LIKE the results. Doesn't matter how for back your incident happened, mine originated in 1967, Da'Nang Area.
@@gilberthargrove9713 That my son has Poland Syndome may mean that both the mother (whose father is a Veteran) and I were both exposed too.
There is a big difference between REFUSED to file and a denied claim.
Mothers who served in Vietnan an ignorant GENDER DISCRIMINATION argument because my son has Poland Syndrome and I am denied because I am a man who served. However, both mom and dad of our son had exposed military parents. I was exposed in Okinawa in the 1980s-1990s and my spouses father was exposed during his service.
Only Spinal Bifida for your child had 9 legs and no arms, your child will not be approved as associated with AO, if you are a male VVet, without a court fight.
Thank you Iâm a widow I will Ask reconsideration because NVLSP granded why VA dined my husband twice been to Vietnam 68 to 71 he got medal from Vietnam I will ask for reconsideration to granded for benefits payment for me Iâm widow
Im waitg on appeal appt time w judge. On record husb died 2002 on fiull disability for years before for full disability due to issues from onland 2years station in vietnam on land 67 to 68 during war. That year died 02 VA has my denied app for dic benefits n even on death certificate exact cause was heart issues now included as known sympton. I reapplied 2019 and all reps claim shcked i was denied again. I filed appeal from decision n granted a date which still waitg sibce 2020. 2grwn kids n one ididnt know va could paid college n when i married n he died i was early 20s now im early 40s. VA say navyblue bill n new bills qualified for sure even tho husband was fighting them all his life n they acknowledged symptons is what permitted him full disability. I was shocked denied n hope appeal is granted approval of survivor benefits. VA says they got all med recs n he also died at VA hospital dallas with for heart failure which was forseen with heart surgeries n pacemakers n meds. I remember plenty arguing on agent oramge n when he died n i was denied dic benefits i let it go n the hardship raising kids i chose 2019 to fight it n reapply n the state if approved they owe me back from when i applied 2022
They owe you more than that!
My husband told me when he was exposed his skin burned.
How about those of us tgat were on these ships years later where the water system i was and us still contaminated. Buy shanât orange.