Which Ships Are Recognized For Being Exposed To Agent Orange?

For many years, Service Members of the Vietnam War were denied service connected compensation for medical conditions they developed in the following years. Medical conditions that other service members that served on land in Vietnam during the time frame Agent Orange was used. Blue Water Veterans (those service members who served on board ships off the coast during the Vietnam war) were considered to have been far enough away from where the chemical had been used, to have been exposed. In turn, they were not considered candidates for "Presumptive Service Connected". The VA has since come to agree that there were certain times these ships' activity did bring their crews into close enough proximity to consider them exposed to Agent Orange and those with medical conditions outlined by the VA on a list of conditions deemed Agent Orange related, are now awarded a Service Connected Disability. The list is by far, not complete. It is updated periodically as research documents places them at any time in a location of Agent Orange Exposure. ...more
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