VA Health Study on Vietnam Veterans

[kid purington]

                Pass'n on info;       Article from Purple Heart magazine,  July/August 2016:

Between now and the end of 2016, the VA will be conducting a health study of Vietnam-era veterans to include in-country vets, Blue Water Navy veterans and other era veterans. It is very important that Blue Water Navy veterans who receives a questionnaire from this health study responds. Questionnaires are sent to a random selection of each group.
  The higher the rate response, the clearer a picture the VA will get of the percentage and number of Blue Water Navy veterans that are sick from Agent Orange-related diseases!
  Because our general Blue Water Navy population is low, every response is important to paint this picture for them. Please,  if you receive a questionnaire, complete it and return it by the deadline date as it states.
   Yes,  this health study is 40 yrs too late, and it may not ask all the "right questions," but Blue Water Navy participation in this study is critical..

[Bill Rutledge]

 We are Brown water and in country and are already covered for the Qualifying Problems, This Study is from  what i understand is for Ships as far out to sea As 90 miles

[Rod Chelius]

You are correct Bill. Question: A lot of us were both either brown water-blue water or blue water-brown water, so how do you assign Agent Orange effects to just one exposure? How do you assign information to just one type of exposure?