Agent Orange Benefits Granted for Vietnam Vets Stationed in Thailand

By Marcari, Russotto, Spencer & Balaban | Published July 26, 2018 | Posted in Veterans Benefits, Veterans Claims, Veterans Injuries | Tagged Tags: agent orange, agent orange exposure, Nakhon Phanom Air Force Base, new reports on agent orange exposure, U.S Army, veterans illnesses, Vietnam War | 4 Comments

Marcari, Russotto, Spencer & Balaban recently received an award for Agent Orange benefits for a veteran stationed in Thailand. This veteran was stationed at the Nakhon Phanom Air Force Base. Based on the presumptive conditions laid out by the VA, Vietnam veterans who served along the perimeters of military bases in Thailand anytime between February Read More

Vietnam Veterans Saluted as War’s 50th Anniversary Is Commemorated

By Marcari, Russotto, Spencer & Balaban | Published March 28, 2016 | Posted in Veterans Administration | Tagged Tags: 50th Anniversary Commemoration, Vietnam vets, Vietnam War | Leave a comment

Vietnam veterans, unlike the veterans of some other wars, have not had a specific date on which their service and sacrifice could be honored. There have been no anniversary commemorations largely because of the nature and duration of the conflict. That omission has finally been rectified: the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has declared Tuesday, Read More

Female Vietnam War Vets Still Suffer Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

By Marcari, Russotto, Spencer & Balaban | Published January 18, 2016 | Posted in Veterans Administration, Veterans Benefits | Tagged Tags: benefits claims, female vets, PTSD, Vietnam War | Leave a comment

The Veterans Administration recognizes that as the percentage of female active-duty service members rises, there will be a greater need for services sensitive to the needs of female veterans. The stress of combat missions, sexual trauma, isolation and worries about family have produced an estimated 20 percent rate of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in female Read More

Blue Water Navy Vietnam Vets May Catch A Break

By Marcari, Russotto, Spencer & Balaban | Published March 10, 2015 | Posted in Uncategorized, Veterans Benefits, Veterans Injuries | Tagged Tags: agent orange exposure, blue water navy veterans, veteran disability benefits, Vietnam veterans, Vietnam War | Leave a comment

Vietnam veterans are still fighting for benefits more than 40 years after the Vietnam War. Millions of American soldiers were exposed to harmful herbicides during Vietnam resulting in serious health conditions. These veterans are still unable to get the benefits from the VA that they deserve. For this very reason Senators Gillibrand and Daines introduced Read More

Agent Orange Lingers After War

By Marcari, Russotto, Spencer & Balaban | Published January 21, 2015 | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Tags: agent orange, c 123 air crafts vietnam, new reports on agent orange exposure, toxic chemicals, veteransdisabilityattorney, Vietnam War | Leave a comment

Recently, the VA asked the Institute of Medicine to investigate whether Agent Orange residues left on C-123 Aircrafts could be hazardous. Between the years of 1972 and 1982 Air Force Reserve personnel trained and worked on the Post-Vietnam C-123 Aircrafts that sprayed Agent Orange herbicides during the Vietnam War. According to the Institute of Medicine, Read More

While the Vietnam War Ended, Fights for Disability Benefits Live on

By Marcari, Russotto, Spencer & Balaban | Published June 5, 2014 | Posted in Veterans Benefits | Tagged Tags: PTSD, TDIU, Total Disability Individual Unemployability, Vietnam War | Leave a comment

Is the Vietnam War old news? Not in terms of disability benefits. When the last marines from the U.S. embassy withdrew from Saigon in 1975, the United States’ presence in Vietnam was over. Unfortunately for many veterans, remnants of the war still live on in the form of disabilities. You can see an example of Read More

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