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Ken Hummel
Joined: 24 Oct 2007
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Location: Carson City, Nevada
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| Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 8:41 am Post subject: The VA recognizes the water aboard ship |
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I was just searching through another site at the below address, and it appears that this case shows that this Veteran was awarded his compensation after an appeal. Some of the wording in this appeal, and the water was recognized:
At his hearing, the veteran testified that he served onboard
the U. S. S. Forrest Royal during the Vietnam War. He
testified that his ship entered and anchored in Da Nang
Harbor, where he witnessed onshore fighting and gunfire. He
reports that the ship was close to shore, and that they had
to patrol the ship to ensure that the ship was not boarded at
night by enemy. He notes that he performed electrical duties
on the ship and that he was responsible for making sure the
lighting was on the outline of the ship at night. He recalls
hearing shrapnel hit the ship when they came in closer to
shore on one occasion. He stated that they had to desalinate
and drink the water from the bay. The bay was described as
surrounded by Vietnam on three sides.
http://veteransvoteyourcause.com/files/0628001_-_XNAVY_VSM.txt
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gunlineman1
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Location: Franklin, Ga.
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Ken, the case you cited was a case that came up right after Haas was upheld by the CAVC and before the stay was put into effect. note the date 09/2006. I bet if the truth were known the VA probably took back any award the vet was given.
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Ken Hummel
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Probably so, but I only made mention of it because it was interesting to note that he used the distilation in his appeal, which is what the VA attornies tried so hard to have removed as evidence in the November argument. All I was trying to say here was that at one time it must have been a consideration of scientific evidence in the appeals process that it looks as if this VA appeals court must have considered.
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