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VA Expands Review of Chemical Exposure in Drinking Water at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune

VA Expands Review of Chemical Exposure in Drinking Water at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune WASHINGTON – As part of VA’s ongoing commitment to provide care to Veterans and their families, the Department of Veterans Affairs today announced that it will start the process of...

I am asking that you contact your local members of Congress (Both Sides) and ask them support the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act. A similar bill was in the House of Representatives last year and was stuck in with over 250 co-sponsors and was not brought to the floor for a...

The suits say KBR’s actions resulted in illnesses and death. That seems like an obvious assumption: In the United States, we are not allowed to burn trash in large open pits because it’s a health hazard. Troops can tell you. It settled like smog over their housing areas, leaving...

Retired Air Force Col. Archer Battista believes new report backs effort to extend Agent Orange benefits

January 29, 2015

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“It looks to us as if we have finally prevailed in this battle. The VA is making noises about how do we reach out and contact these men and women so that, I think, is going to be the next hurdle,” retired Air Force Col. Archer Battista, 68, said this week. “It’s a very big hurdle...

Veterans Benefits: “Back at Base”

January 20, 2015

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NPR — along with seven public radio stations around the country — is chronicling the lives of America’s troops where they live. We’re calling the project “Back at Base.” This is the first of a three-part series about veteran benefits (Part 2 / Part 3). If...

Sajta’s slender 125-pound frame allowed him to fit into tight spaces where most others couldn’t. While assigned to Clark Air Base in the Philippines in April 1967, it was Sajta’s duty to crawl into Air Force bombers to repair fuel bladders that carried Agent...

Veteran Fights for $250K in Benefits for Agent Orange-Caused Condition

January 15, 2015

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Frustrated and fed-up, Vietnam veteran Don Rabush calls his fight to get Veterans Affairs benefits for an ailment caused by Agent Orange one of the worth battles he’s ever faced. The Army second lieutenant has been working to get nearly 40 years of retroactive benefits after...

It’s only life or death! Veterans subjected to program that ‘incentivizes bad behavior’

The Philadelphia VA announced a new incentive program earlier this month that rewards employees with cash and food for deciding cases quickly — a move that some employees say will encourage staff to rush claims and reject deserving applicants, once again leaving veterans...

VA director email: ‘Where is my Christmas present?’

January 07, 2015

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The former Calhoun County Veteran’s Affairs director who resigned on Monday had sent emails to military veterans that asked for “pain meds,” Christmas presents and other gifts, as well as a cut of their benefits, in return for his help, according to documents obtained today by 24...

IMPORTANT MESSAGE TO CHILDREN OF VIETNAM VETERANS: File Form 21-0304

Vietnam Veterans of America Agent Orange/Dioxin Committee asks all the children (we suggest grandchildren also) of Vietnam veterans exposed to Agent Orange who are ill and/or suffering from a birth defect, learning disabilities, mental health illness, etc..to file a claim with...

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VA Expands Review of Chemical Exposure in Drinking Water at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune

Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act

Vets Can Finally Sue Contractors for Cancer Caused by War

Retired Air Force Col. Archer Battista believes new report backs effort to extend Agent Orange benefits

Veterans Benefits: “Back at Base”

A vet’s long and winding road

Veteran Fights for $250K in Benefits for Agent Orange-Caused Condition

It’s only life or death! Veterans subjected to program that ‘incentivizes bad behavior’

VA director email: ‘Where is my Christmas present?’

IMPORTANT MESSAGE TO CHILDREN OF VIETNAM VETERANS: File Form 21-0304

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