Welcome to the Ultimate Agent Orange Guide for VA Disability Benefits. Sections and chapters in the description below! 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
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
Blue Water Navy Interactive Map Tool: www.hillandponton.com/blue-water-navy-vietnam-map/
Thailand claims: www.hillandponton.com/thailand-agent-orange-compensation/
Our Agent Orange articles: www.hillandponton.com/category/agent-orange-exposure/
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 Veteran’s 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 “boots on the ground” 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
Hodgkin’s Disease
Multiple Myeloma
Prostate Cancer
Respiratory Cancers
Soft Tissue Sarcomas
Diabetes Mellitus Type 2
Ischemic Heart Disease
Parkinson’s Disease
Early Onset Peripheral Neuropathy* (CIDP)
Porphyria Cutanea Tarda
Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
AL Amyloidosis
Chloracne
2021: Bladder Cancer, Hypothyroidism, and Parkinsonism.
More here: www.hillandponton.com/agent-orange-presumptive-list-of-conditions/
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
4. You for watching and reading this far ❤
27 авг 2021