He learned that he and other so-called Blue Water Navy veterans may have been exposed to Agent Orange and other herbicides even though most of them never set foot in Vietnam, where the spraying ...

To the best of his knowledge, Jim Smith never saw or handled Agent Orange on the Navy ship he served on during the Vietnam War. “I never sprayed the stuff, never touched the stuff,” said Smith ...

Though most didn't step foot in Vietnam, some 90,000 Navy vets who served ... Veterans Affairs denies Agent Orange claims by veterans like Smith (known as “Blue Water” vets) because they ...

He also came home with health problems the U.S. government has linked to exposure to the toxic herbicide Agent Orange ... of sailors known as the “blue water” Navy veterans.

About a month ago, the House of Representatives passed a bill to summarily award Agent Orange benefits to "Blue Water Navy" veterans, who served aboard ships that operated miles off the coast of ...

Navy veterans long ... law to specifically include Blue Water Navy vets. Wells said he personally knows several Navy vets who have died of conditions linked to Agent Orange exposure, which the ...

In summary, the report stated that the exposure of Viet Nam era Blue Water Navy Veterans to Agent Orange cannot reasonably be determined due to a lack of data on environmental concentrations of ...

"Now we can focus on getting H.R. 299 passed into law to protect benefits for Blue Water Navy veterans and expand much needed benefits for veterans who were exposed to Agent Orange in Thailand and ...

Advocacy groups contend the VA is ignoring plenty of scientific evidence that shows Blue Water Navy vets were exposed to a more concentrated form of Agent Orange through ships’ water systems.

Sam Genco, a "Blue Water" Navy Vietnam veteran who lives in Pine ... a chemical used in Agent Orange during the Vietnam War. He says he was exposed through the drinking water distillation system ...

In January, a federal judge ruled that Blue Water Navy veterans should receive the same benefits as all other Vietnam veterans who have illnesses related to exposure to Agent Orange, the defoliant ...

Versions of the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2017 have been introduced in the House and Senate, and both would extend full Department of Veterans Affairs coverage for Agent Orange ...