Petition updateGive the Vietnam Blue Water Navy Veterans their presumptive rights.John Wells message to the new VA Secretary
The Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Association

Jan 11, 2017
President-Elect Trump has announced his intent to appoint David Shulkin, the current Under Secretary for Health as the Secretary of the VA. Military-Veterans Advocacy congratulates Dr. Shulkin and President-Elect Trump on this appointment. He is a good choice who has tried to make a difference in the Veterans Health Administration. Changing the VA will not happen overnight. Military-Veterans Advocacy pledges our personal support to assist Dr. Shulkin to accomplish the goal of making the VA Great Again.
We also call on Dr. Shulkin to immediately designate a center of excellence to review the effects of toxic exposure on veterans and their descendants. We also ask that he immediately rescind the VA policy that denies the presumption of exposure to Agent Orange to veterans serving in the bays, harbors and territorial seas of the Republic of Vietnam. We further call for a review, via the center of excellence of reported Agent Orange exposure in Guam, Thailand Laos, Cambodia, Korea, Panama and other areas. We further call on the center of excellence to review and recommend benefits for other toxic exposures including PCBs, mustard gas, asbestos, radiation, burn pits, Fort McCllellan, depleted uranium and other toxic substances that have been negatively affected the health of veterans who were exposed while on active duty.
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