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Nehmer, et al v. US Veterans Administ
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November 15, 2020
Paul Hastings Puts Navy Vietnam Vets On Course For Benefits
A team of pro bono lawyers from Paul Hastings LLP earned a key victory for potentially thousands of Navy veterans who were exposed to the highly toxic herbicide Agent Orange during the Vietnam War, after a federal judge ruled that the veterans could be entitled to retroactive disability benefits that could ultimately total more than $100 million.
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November 09, 2020
VA Must Pay 'Blue Water' Vets For Agent Orange Exposure
U.S. District Judge William Alsup has ruled that under a 30-year-old consent decree, the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs must compensate sailors known as blue water Navy veterans who served offshore in Vietnam and developed diseases linked to exposure to the toxic chemical Agent Orange.