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FLASH NEWS
NVLSP Wins Ruling in the Court of Appeals Requiring VA to Pay
Retroactive
Benefits for CLL; Court of Appeals Hearing Set for November 7th
On July 19, 2007, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth
Circuit ruled in favor of Vietnam veterans in the latest chapter of
Nehmer v. Department of Veterans Affairs. The Court of Appeals sided
with NVLSP in affirming the ruling of the United States District Court for
the Northern District of California that required the VA to pay
retroactive benefits for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL). The decision
is a huge victory for veterans and their families.
Previously, the earliest effective date the VA would assign for CLL-related
claims based on Agent Orange exposure was October 16, 2003, the date of
the VA’s regulation presumptively service-connecting CLL. Now, pursuant to
the Court’s ruling, Vietnam veterans or their survivors are entitled to
benefits retroactive to the date of their first claim based on CLL, even
if the claim was made prior to October 16, 2003.
Read the
Ninth Circuit’s Opinion here.
Here is one of the many news articles discussing the ruling:
NVLSP Battles VA to Obtain Benefits for “Blue Water” Vietnam
Veterans Exposed to Agent Orange
RECENT
August 2006 - NVLSP Attorneys Win Haas v. Nicholson – “Blue Water” Navy
Veterans Entitled to the Presumption of Exposure to Agent Orange
Information for
Vietnam Veterans Who Received the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (Viet
Nam)
Units Presumed by VA to Have Been Exposed to Agent Orange in the
Korean DMZ
DMZ
Units Exposed to Agent Orange (pdf)
Letter from
VA to Mary Ellen McCarthy, US House of Representatives
VA Says Nehmer Retroactive Benefit Rules Don't Apply To New
Presumptive Agent Orange Condition
Fast Letter 04-06
Retroactive Award of Benefits in Certain Agent Orange Claims
VA Publishes the Retroactive Benefit Rules for Agent Orange Claims
Required by the Nehmer Court Order
Court Rules VA Must Pay Survivors or Estate When Retroactive
Benefits are Owed Under Nehmer to Deceased Individuals
Health Conditions Presumptively Recognized to Date for Service
Connection
VA Recognizes Agent Orange Used in Korea
Evans Urges Military Retirees Disabled by Exposure to Agent Orange,
Radiation and other Toxins to Apply for Combat-Related Special Pay
Federal Appeals Court Rules VA Must Pay Retroactive Benefits to
Vietnam Vets Suffering from Prostate Cancer & Diabetes
Court Orders VA to Award 2 Months of Additional Benefits to 25,000
Vietnam Veterans with Type 2 Diabetes
VA Moves To Expand Agent Orange Registry Exam to Veterans with
Service in Korea During 1968 and 1969
NVLSP PUBLICATION UPDATE
2003 Update to the 2000 Edition of NVLSP's Self-Help Guide on Agent
Orange
ARCHIVES
Decision in Nehmer Agent Orange Class Action (December 12, 2000)
(pdf document)
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