VA OFFICIALS PROCESS FIRST CLAIMS FOR NEW AGENT ORANGE PRESUMPTIVESAGENCY GROUP 09FDCH Regulatory Intelligence Database
Exposure to Agent Orange If you have been exposed to Agent Orange or certain other herbicides during your time in the military, you may be eligible for disability compensation. About Alan Watt VA Accredited Claims Agent My name is Alan Watt and I am a VA Accredited Claims Agent; a claims ...
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NVLSP also asserted approval of the rule by stating that it “eliminates the need for the claimant to prove a fact that would be difficult to prove on his or her own* * *such a presumption makes the VA claims adjudication process more efficient by making it easier for VA to decide these...
A key official who helps adjudicate claims by veterans who say they were exposed to Agent Orange has downplayed the risks of the chemical herbicide and questioned the findings of scientists, journalists and a federal administrative tribunal that conflict with his views. Jim Sampsel, a lead ...
Parkinson’s disease and ischemic heart disease to the growing list of health conditions that veterans could claim as a result of the toxic chemical, Agent Orange. In addition, more than 830,000 Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans returning home had filed claims as of March 2013, according to ...
“As we process claims such as those for three new disabilities presumptively linked to Agent Orange exposure, including proactive application ofNehmer provisions, as well as three new Gulf War particulate exposure presumptives, we anticipate the claims backlog to increase this fall. The hiring of...
Thank you, Daniel Krasnegor, and your legal team of Goodman Allen Donnelly so very, very much. You were one of the first persons to send me correspondence stating that you believed in my claim and offered to represent me when it was at the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. ...
VA officials had said that adopting new “non-scientific” standards for disability benefits could open a floodgate of new claims. But lawmakers for the past two years have worked on legislation narrowly tailored to the “blue water” Navy veterans issue, and are urgi...
VA disability claims can indeed take a long time to be processed. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t make a claim. Your claim will be processed more quickly if you double-check your claim for completion and accuracy before submitting it for review....