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HR 969 - Blue Water Navy,
Vietnam Veterans Agent Orange Act February
20, 2015 It’s finally here, a brand new House bill has been introduced by Congressman Chris Gibson (D, N.Y.). Bill HR-969, titled the Blue Water Navy, Vietnam Veterans Agent Orange Act, was presented to the 114th Congress on February 13, 2015, and is referred to the House Committee of Veterans Affairs. This new bill replaces an older bill that died in the VA Congressional Committee of 2014. The new bill is to clarify presumptions related to the exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of the Republic of Vietnam and for other purposes. House Bill HR-969, Blue Water Navy, Vietnam Veterans Agent Orange Act, if passed, will afford proper equitable VA benefits to Vietnam veterans exposed to the herbicide Agent Orange. Thousands of Vietnam veterans who did not have boots-on-ground will be eligible for VA benefits, that include medical, pension and compensation. The bill is important to those veterans who served our country and who are sick so they may have better quality of life. For further details about HR-969, Blue Water Navy, Vietnam Veterans Agent Orange Act,
see your VSO or contact the VA at 1-800-827-1000.
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