Vietnam Veteran Benefits

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Tim G Veteran Member Date Joined Jul 2006 Total Posts : 2285	Posted 12/27/2007 7:07 PM (GMT -6)
	Have any of your recently applied for any veterans' benefits due to your prostate cancer connected to Agent Orange exposure during the Vietnam War? Were you approved/rejected? I applied in late 2006 as a Blue Water Vietnam Vet due to a ruling (Haas v. Nicholson on 8/16/06) that reestablished benefits for us, but have subsequently found out the the ruling has been put on indefinite hold. Oh, well, I have a case number and will be checking from time to time to see if any progress has been made. Age 59 PSA 2.6 (PSA velocity--quadrupled in 1yr) Bilateral nerve-sparing open RRP 6/21/06 Gleason 5 Cancer confined to prostate, post-op PSA's non-detectable Back to Top

mvesr Veteran Member Date Joined Apr 2007 Total Posts : 823	Posted 12/27/2007 9:00 PM (GMT -6)
	Tim G. I have a couple of friends who are Vitenam Vets who are getting some benefits for exposure to it. One had prostate cancer about 9-10 years ago and the other in 2006. Take care Mika Back to Top

hawkfan75 Regular Member Date Joined Jan 2007 Total Posts : 165	Posted 12/28/2007 11:38 AM (GMT -6)
	I have also applied for VA benefits, under the Blue Water Navy program. I too have a case number and letter stating that it's still pending. For all the time spent sitting just a couple of miles off shore, we should be elligible. I hope the VA will get it straight soon. It may be time for some letter writing to congress. Age 57 at diagnosis, PSA 4.7 (up from 3.2 one year ago) Biopsy November 8, 2006 1 of 10 cores positive 5% LEFT Side Gleason 3+3 Robotic surgery January 19, 2007 Post Surgery Pathology Stage T3a, Gleason 3+4, positive margins and capsular penetration RIGHT Side Post Surgery PSA: March 5: 0.01 5 month PSA, June 13, 2007: 0.08 Adjuvant therapy began June 26 with Zoladex injection Radiation began August 23, ended October 8 First post radiation PSA, December 18, 2007: 0 Back to Top

Tim G Veteran Member Date Joined Jul 2006 Total Posts : 2285	Posted 12/28/2007 12:33 PM (GMT -6)
	hawkfan75 said... I have also applied for VA benefits, under the Blue Water Navy program. I too have a case number and letter stating that it's still pending. For all the time spent sitting just a couple of miles off shore, we should be elligible. I hope the VA will get it straight soon. It may be time for some letter writing to congress. I've been keeping current on the status of VA benefits thru Veterans Legal Services website www.nvlsp.org. Age 59 PSA 2.6 (PSA velocity--quadrupled in 1yr) Bilateral nerve-sparing open RRP 6/21/06 Gleason 5 Cancer confined to prostate, post-op PSA's non-detectable Back to Top

hawkfan75 Regular Member Date Joined Jan 2007 Total Posts : 165	Posted 12/28/2007 9:51 PM (GMT -6)
	Thanks TimG, While the majority of my time was spend only a couple of miles off shore, we still went into DaNang harbor a couple of times to deliver mail that had been given us when out farther. Let's hope for a good decision - I'll keep checking, and I appreciate the website. Age 57 at diagnosis, PSA 4.7 (up from 3.2 one year ago) Biopsy November 8, 2006 1 of 10 cores positive 5% LEFT Side Gleason 3+3 Robotic surgery January 19, 2007 Post Surgery Pathology Stage T3a, Gleason 3+4, positive margins and capsular penetration RIGHT Side Post Surgery PSA: March 5: 0.01 5 month PSA, June 13, 2007: 0.08 Adjuvant therapy began June 26 with Zoladex injection Radiation began August 23, ended October 8 First post radiation PSA, December 18, 2007: 0 Back to Top

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