Vets should file paperwork now
Tuesday, Mar 9 2010, 10:15 pm
By Tom Philpott: Military Update
Tens of thousands of Vietnam veterans with ischemic heart disease, Parkinson’s disease or B cell leukemia should file claims now with the Department of Veterans Affairs for disability compensation, not wait until VA publishes a regulation officially linking these diseases to wartime service.
Advocacy groups are urging the swift filing of claims because veterans eventually found eligible for disability…
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