Blue Water Navy

How many have active AO claims.
Please give presumptive condition or otherwise.

COPD,GERD,ULCERS,HYPERTENTION SECONDARY TO AO EXPOSURE
ABOARD USS SPROSTON AND DANANG RVN 67-68-69

I have an active VA claim. It is on appeal and it is over a year that I put
in the claim. I believe it is on hold awaiting the Haas result.
Javier Garcia BM3
USS DiamondHead AE 19
Viet Nam 1967-1968

Applied for ao compensation 8/06 for prostate cancer. Had prostate removed 11/06, and still waiting for decision as claim is on hold HAAS

I'm real active. they are actually paying me right now.

Carl has diabetes, hypertention, neurophathy, enlareged liver and spleen, PTSD, and had an aggressive meningioma removed. He has had a claim in since 2004 and it we had an appeal hearing in June 2007. Still not word!
He is on SSD right now.

I have active claim filed for prostate cancer..opened claim Jan 07 awaiting HAAS. Had surgery April 07. Bill

I was diagnosed in 2001 with diabetes II, had coronary problems as result of the diabetes, several stents installed, triple bypass, atrial fibrillation(EXTREMELY IRREGULAR HEARTBEAT) , mild to moderate kidney failure. Filed a claim in Feb 2007, was aprroved at 80% disabled but pending Haas

Currently have an active claim.

Diabetes Type II
Heart Attacks
Cancer

This part of claim is on hold pending Hass decision.

Have physical scheduled for Dec. 10 for hearing loss and tinnitus

I am 20% Diabetes type 2, have claim on appeal for P/N, and hypertension.

I have a claim in for Prostate cancer. Filed claim in Dec.2006. Claim is on hold pending outcome of Haas.

I noticed at the BVA web site that it seems some claims are on hold due to Haas- but shouldn't be on hold-

In my opinion -any AO BWN claim that was pending or filed within the 6 months or so that Haas was Law of the Land- should be adjudicated under Haas as it stood before the VA started to fight it.

As I recall NVLSP urged at the time- for BWN AO vets to file their claims ASAP -if they had not done so yet to get into that brief window of the CAVC Haas decision-

I dont think the VA knows what they are doing- the moratorium did not comply with the law anyhow-but what better way not to deal with any of these claims and use the Stay as an excuse-

One can only hope that the pending Haas decision might clarify everything-
and give BlueWVN vets what they deserve -due to exposure to AO.

Brown Water (within Vietnam)becomes 'Blue water' anyhow as all rivers and tributaries in Vietnam eventually discharge into the Pacific.

Common sense and geographic fact seem to allude the VA.

Got my claim back about a week ago---



26 DIABETES TYPE II ----- HAAS
25 EYE SORES------HAAS
24 HYPOGLYCEMIA------HAAS
23 CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE-SECONDARY TO DIABETES----HAAS
THE OTHER 22 ITEMS NEED MORE INFO-- AM NOW WORKING WITH A NEW VSO IN A DIFFERENT COUNTY. MY COUNTH VSO + I DO NOT SEE EYE TO EYE .
LEFT LEG WEAK-W-PARASTHESIS NEW EVALU-10 %
GLOMERULONEPHRITIS W-HYPERTENSION 60%- no change
LOW BACK INJURY -------------------------40%--no change
HYPOTHYROIDISM---------------------------denied
TINNITUS ---------------------------------denied
NASEL ULCER----------------------------------denied
sinusitus--------------------------------------- 0%
VASOMOTOR -RHINITUS--------------------0%
BILATERAL HEARING LOSS-----------------0%
ANYHOW ON AND ON------------------------------------------------------------------I HAVE BEEN FINISHED OFF WITH UNEMPLOYABILITY SO--100% SINCE 94- BUT I WANT THESE ITEM RATED WHERE THEY BELONG UNDER-------------------AGENT ORANGE. ----- THIS IS DERIVED -FROM 1968 ON FOR 18 MONTHS AT ----NAS AGANA GUAM ---POWERPLANTS SHOP COMPLETE JET ENGINE OVERHAUL ---THEN STRAIT BACK TO VIETNAM--(CONTAMITED-AO )---- AS KNOWN NOW GUAMS WATER IS CONTAMINATED-BEYOND BELIEF WITH DIOXIONS SINCE WWII-- MY FIRST SICK CALL WAS "CHLORACHNE" WITHIN 2 MONTHS, iM STILL TRYING TO LOCATE THOSE RECORDS.---SO IN GUAM WE WORKED IN DIOXIN -ATE IT= WASHED IN IT -DRINK IT -AND SWIM IN IT.SO BEEN GETTING AQUANTED WITH THE DVA FOR ABOUT 40 YEARS. WE KEPT THE JUNGLE BACK FROM THE RUNWAY- OUR TEST CELL(I GOT TO PLAY THERE ABOUT 2-3 DAYS A WEEK TOO)THE BARRACKS -AIR BASE &ETC. NOW THEY ARE TRYING TO CLEAN THE POLLUTION UP . HA---WE SERVICE CONNECTED MY BROTHER WITH BLUEWATER NAVY AFTER HE DIED-----ALL IT TOOK WAS A BLOWN UP PICTURE OF HIS SHIP(CAPTAINS LETTER FROM 1967. ANY WAY THOUGHT I'D LET YOU KNOW THEIR USING HAAS ON US TOO. IVE GOT A BUNCH OF NODs and claims to RE FILE
BEAR (IVE GOT TO PECK AND CHOOSE ON THIS----NOT A TYPIST---

Thanks Berta for all the help here and under Diabetes Question...when you refer to BWN is that "Brown" or "Blue"?
Crazylizard, Wahts Yuor Prodlem, Wat du You Meam You Kan'd tipe I thimk I du preddy guud!

I have an active prostate cancer claim going back to May of '05