After the Procopio decision, Congress passed the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of ... expected the consent decree to only apply to “brown water” vets whose ships entered Vietnam’s rivers and ...

After the Procopio decision, Congress passed the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2019, which entitles Blue Water vets to retroactive benefits, but only if they file a new claim. After that law ...

Tom Ulmer, a Cameron resident, spent parts of 1972 and 1973 off the shore of Vietnam. His ship carried aviation fuel and other critical supplies. A true blue water Navy veteran, Ulmer never set ...

VA officials strongly oppose the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act (HR 299), which would extend Agent Orange disability benefits and health care to between 70,000 and 90,000 veterans who served ...

Veterans have reason to be uncertain over what Congress plans for “Blue Water Navy” Vietnam War veterans who have Agent Orange-related ailments. Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.), chairman of the ...

He served on the Veterans Affairs Committee and passed ... Those who were boots on the ground and part of the brown water navy in Vietnam were already presumed to have exposure to Agent Orange.