Please contact your Senator in support of S. 422 Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2017
Posted: Sat May 27, 2017 9:02 am
Please contact your Senator in support of S. 422 Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2017
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Vietnam Veterans of America - Legislative Alert
May 26, 2017
For over a decade, Vietnam Veterans of America has sought legislation to restore presumptive Agent Orange exposure status to members of the Armed Forces, who served in the territorial waters of Vietnam,
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) has introduced companion bill S.422, in the Senate. When enacted into law this legislation would reverse the Department of Veterans Affairs decision preventing “Blue Water Navy” veterans from claiming presumptive status for the diseases associated with Agent Orange exposure.
Presumption of service connection exists for Vietnam veterans who served in country, on land and inland waterways. Enactment of S.422 will bring a modicum of justice to several thousand Navy personnel who have been denied service connection by the VA since 2002. They no longer will have to prove direct exposure to Agent Orange, and they will receive expedited consideration for VA benefits if they are afflicted with any of the health conditions associated with exposure to this defoliant.
VVA strongly supports S.422 and will work with Congress to ensure passage of this bi-partisan legislation to restore equity to all Vietnam Veterans that were exposed to Agent Orange.
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Noncosponsorhttp://filemanager.capwiz.com/filemanager/file-mgr/vva/1Noncoponsors_S.422_Blue_Water_Navy_Vietnam_Veterans_Act_of_2017.pdf
VVA urges you to take action now! enter your Zip Code, and send the prepared letters requesting your Senator to cosponsor S.422, the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2017 and also thanking your Senator for cosponsoring the bill.