VA Secretary Robert Wilkie has ordered the Board of Veterans’ Appeals and the Veterans Benefits Administration to stay proceedings on “certain pending claims” for benefits under the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2019. He stated that the Act authorizes this action (or lack thereof) until the statute takes effect on January 1, 2020.
Read MoreThis Act, extending the presumption of herbicide exposure to Blue Water Navy veterans who served within the 12 nautical mile territorial sea of the Republic of Vietnam, has been signed into law. The Act provides specific guidance for determining whether the veteran’s ship was within the 12 nautical mile territorial sea of the RVN. See 38 U.S.C. § 1116A(d).
Read MoreVeterans Law Office of Amy B. Kretkowski exclusively represents veterans and their survivors in their VA appeals for service-connected disability compensation benefits, Dependency and Indemnity Compensation, and pension benefits.
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