CW4 Dan Cady 1349909 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>He is a Marine and needs to get confirmation from shipmates of his service on board. Anyone advise us where to start? I was in country while he was aboard ship. I appear on the agent Orange registry but he does not. Yet! 2016-03-03T08:40:23-05:00 CW4 Dan Cady 1349909

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>He is a Marine and needs to get confirmation from shipmates of his service on board. Anyone advise us where to start? I was in country while he was aboard ship. I appear on the agent Orange registry but he does not. Yet!

2016-03-03T08:40:23-05:00 2016-03-03T08:40:23-05:00 SCPO Private RallyPoint Member 1349932

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Maybe. But the VA has produced a list of Blue Water ships that currently qualify for AO designation. I was out there in the Gulf at the exact same time. Yet, my ship is not listed because we never came within so many miles of the coastline or whatever the VA uses to "qualify" a Blue Water ship as an AO designated vessel. The list is easily accessible through the VA's website. BUT, when all else fails, go to his county's Veteran's Service Office, and get the paperwork started. His DD-214 will show where and when he had been. Also, hit up the DAV. They are a big help.<br /><br />I just looked the two ships up. BOTH qualify for Blue Water designation for the following periods of time:<br /><br />USS DENVER (LPD-9) Transported troops, equipment, and supplies ashore with smaller vessels and docked at Da Nang and elsewhere from February-September 1970; March-June and November 1971; and January-August 1972.<br /><br />USS JUNEAU (LPD-10) Picked up troops and equipment with smaller vessels and transported them out of Vietnam from August 1970 to March 1971 and June to November 1972.<br /><br />Like I said, his DD-214 will show when he served aboard each ship. If dates of service match, he's a Go with the VA automatically. He just needs to go to the nearest VAMC facility and enroll.

2016-03-03T08:47:10-05:00 2016-03-03T08:47:10-05:00 SP5 Albert Guillorn 1351598

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>One of my platoon mates (9th Inf Div 5/60th C Co) is receiving 100% disability for Parkinson's. His wife is a nurse she was able to document the affects of Agent Orange and link it to his Parkinson's. we were in III Corp of the Meikong Delta and flew through Agent Orange dosed land repeatedly.

2016-03-03T15:28:59-05:00 2016-03-03T15:28:59-05:00 Capt Tom Brown 1352016

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>What a thing to ask someone to do, locate and get statements? from people he served with 40 some years ago and not been in contact with since? Would service records which show a person stationed on a particular ship for a period of time and in what capacity be acceptable. Sometimes a ship or unit will have a webpage in this day and age. Some of the units I was in actually do have a website and I found they hold reunions from time to time. What are the criteria for making an AO claim? At one time I read the gvt had finally come out with a list of conditions related to AO exposure. Does a SM have to prove he breathed it in or took a bath in it to file a claim?

2016-03-03T17:20:33-05:00 2016-03-03T17:20:33-05:00 Cpl Harry Hanna 1365266

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>If he was at Camp Lejeune, Parkinson's is one of the conditions that could be caused by the contaminated water.

2016-03-08T20:38:43-05:00 2016-03-08T20:38:43-05:00 CW4 Dan Cady 1430108

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Update: The local VA had a March 29th welcome home gathering for VN Vets and it included the opportunity for Vets to file claims. Took brother and all the evidence we had to the assembly. The DAV representative that was there to assist in claims took him under his wing and advocated for his claim. They assisted in filling out the paperwork and guiding the claim to the processors present. My brother was awarded 80% disability for his Parkinson's related to exposure to AO. Whole process was in less than 4 hours. Thanks for all your help and advice. Maybe things are really getting better at least with our VA folks.

2016-04-05T07:41:24-04:00 2016-04-05T07:41:24-04:00 SMSgt Lawrence McCarter 1959195

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>It could well be, I don&#39;t know, best way to find out is go to to a VA Hospital for an Agent Orange screening. Any document He has including assignment orders showing the area of Operation may be helpful. To get on a Agent Orange registry That would need to done through the VA. I did get an Agent Orange screening Myself at the VA Hospital located in West Roxbury, (a section of Boston) MA

2016-10-09T04:46:06-04:00 2016-10-09T04:46:06-04:00 2016-03-03T08:40:23-05:00