On January 1, the Department of Veterans Affairs marked an important milestone in its journey to implement the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2019. President Donald Trump signed the act into ...

VA Must Pay Retroactive Benefits to Blue Water Vietnam Vets The U.S. Veterans Administration must honor the terms of a 1991 settlement and pay retroactive benefits to thousands of Navy veterans who ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) - Many veterans who served in the Vietnam War were exposed to a dangerous chemical known to cause serious illnesses. A federal court ruled disability benefits for diseases ...

WASHINGTON (WFLA) – Vietnam veterans who served in the Navy hauled the VA into federal court Friday morning. The Blue Water Navy veterans contend the VA is illegally withholding disability benefits ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs has no plans to challenge a court ruling last week ordering it to make retroactive payments to a small class of "Blue Water Navy" Vietnam veterans and their ...

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – The Blue Water Navy is back in Washington, this time to help service members that were exposed to Agent Orange in other locations during the Vietnam War. “Our veterans in Guam ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – Navy Veterans who served in the territorial waters of Vietnam are now presumed to have been exposed to herbicides such as the toxic defoliant Agent Orange. After dozens of 8 On ...

WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs is reviewing thousands of rejected claims from Vietnam War veterans who were denied benefits but may now be entitled to retroactive compensation. Under ...

With the New Year came changes in veteran benefits along with a push from some veteran advocacy groups for research into help for service-connected illnesses that are currently not covered or deemed ...

As many as 90,000 ailing “Blue Water Navy” veterans are likely to have to wait for a new Congress to see legislation passed that would make them eligible for Agent Orange-related disability ...

FILE - In this May 1966 file photo, a U.S. Air Force C-123 flies low along a South Vietnamese highway spraying defoliants on dense jungle growth beside the road during the Vietnam War. (Department of ...

Troops from the First Cavalry Air Mobile Division watch the carrier USS Boxer after arrival at Qui Nhon, Vietnam, on Sept. 12, 1965. (AP file photo) Veterans Affairs officials are confident they’ll be ...