The VA has been struggling with adjudicating claims for several years as the influx of claims has continued to rise as a result of troops returning from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and Vietnam Veterans continue to pursue compensation for the residuals of Agent Orange and combat. The VA is currently receiving over a million claims a year. The VA Strategic Plan for fiscal year 2011-2015 details the plan to improve many aspects of the benefits that our veterans are entitled too. On of the … [Read more...]
Agent Orange and the Fairchild C-123 Provider
The VA’s Office of Public Health recently released their findings in Agent Orange Residue on Post-Vietnam War Airplanes an investigation in connection with the possible exposure to herbicides in post-Vietnam War veteran’s who were crew members of the Fairchild C-123 Provider, which were used to spray herbicides in Vietnam. The Office of Public Health determined crew members of the C-123’s exposure to herbicides, such as Agent Orange, was “minimal” and could not have resulted in health effects … [Read more...]
Personality and Adjustment Disorder Discharges: Another Way to Deny Service Connection
On March 23, 2012 Vietnam Veterans of America, VVA, and Yale University released a study entitled “Casting Troops Aside: The United States Military’s Illegal Personality Disorder Problem.” The study reveals a ten year history of false discharges under personality disorder or adjustment disorder. The “problem” with this type of discharge is that even though the veteran may be released with an honorable or under honorable discharge entitling the veteran to service connected benefits; it allows … [Read more...]
Tactical Herbicides: Exposure and Presumption
From January 9, 1962 to May 7, 1975 the United States sprayed tactical herbicides in Vietnam for the purpose of defoliating the overgrown terrain. It not only allowed for improved combat visibility but assisted the U.S. forces on the ground with such activities as clearance of transportation routes, boundaries of bases and to reveal enemy hiding places such as weapon storage and base camps. The U.S. military purchased these herbicides from private companies and had begun testing their effects … [Read more...]
Hearing Loss and Tinnitus: Your MOS Can Concede Exposure
The fact that your spouse says you never hear them may in fact indicate an entitlement to VA compensation for hearing loss and or tinnitus. Generally speaking, the VA isn’t responsible for hearing loss caused by the natural process of aging or occupational noise you were exposed to post-service. That said; don’t let the VA’s immediate denial of those benefits deter you! A 2010 VA fast letter 10-35, conceded that certain military jobs exposed veterans to high frequency noise. As such, the … [Read more...]
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