President Trump signed "THE BLUE WATER NAVY "bill
26 Jun 2019
Military.com | By Patricia Kime
President Donald Trump signed the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act into law late Tuesday, a move that will fast-track disability compensation for personnel with medical conditions related to the chemical herbicivar link = document.getElementById('link2736');link.onclick = function(){document.location = link.getAttribute('href');} de Agent Orange.
The enactment follows a decades-long fight by sailors, Marines and others who served off the coast of Vietnam. The law means they will now get the same presumption as ground troops that certain diseases are connected to Agent Orange exposure.
According to Congress and the Department of Veterans Affairs, an estimated 90,000 veterans may be eligible for benefits under the law.
The legislation, H.R. 299, extends disability compensation to personnel who served off the coast of the Republic of Vietnam between Janvar link = document.getElementById('link2736');link.onclick = function(){document.location = link.getAttribute('href');} . 9, 1962, and May 7, 1975, within 12 nautical miles of the coast of Vietnam and Cambodia, along a line of demarcation spelled out in the law.
Those eligible include veterans with one or more of the presumptive diseases whose claims were previously denied. It also includes those with new claims.
The bill also covers veterans who served in the Korean Demilitarized Zone between Sept. 1, 1967, and Aug. 31, 1971, as well as children with spina bifida born to veterans who served in Thailand between January 1962 and May 1975.
So please go to your local VA , sign up for Agent Orange exam and FILE FILE FILE your claims. The VA will start filing claims 1/1/2020 according to what my local VSO told me last night.
They are still haggling over what is the "12 mile" rule. Get your claim in ASAP
You think the system was slow before, stand by so get your filing in NOW.
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