What is chloracne? Chloracne is an inflammatory skin disease closely associated with exposure to the Agent Orange defoliant used in Vietnam or along
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2020 Blue Water Navy Agent Orange Update
Blue Water Navy Agent Orange Update In the past year, a lot has changed for U.S. Navy veterans who served during the Vietnam War era and did not go
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Brian Hill: Hello, I'm Brian Hill here with Carol Ponton, to talk with you today about the Procopio case and how it affects our Blue Water
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Published in July 2019 | Updated in January 2020. Nearly fifty years after the end of the Vietnam War, the fight to secure rights for thousands of
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UPDATE: As of January 2020, Blue Water claims are being processed. List of Navy Ships in Vietnam here! Earlier this week, we heard for the first
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UPDATE: As of January 2020, Blue Water claims are being processed. Today, January 29, 2019, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit released a
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The purpose of this blog is to create recognition of a disease called Soft Tissue Sarcoma. Soft tissue sarcoma is a type of cancer that could be
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Diabetes Mellitus Type II (DMII) is one of the 41 Agent Orange diseases that the VA has included on its list of presumptive illnesses due to Agent
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What is PSP? Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP) is a brain disorder that affects movement, control of walking and balance, speech, swallowing,
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In my last post, I wrote about chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) and its symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment. The cause of CIDP
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For many years veterans that had been exposed to Agent Orange during active duty service were denied VA disability benefits for Agent Orange-related
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The VA has acknowledged that veterans of the Vietnam War were exposed to Agent Orange since the passage of the Agent Orange Act of 1991. Vietnam
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