Agent Orange Exposure Presumed for Veterans of Territorial Sea
Yesterday, 1/29/19, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit released a decision for the Procopio v. Wilkie case that extends Agent Orange rights to Veterans who served in the 12 nautical mile territorial sea of the Republic of Vietnam, but haven’t been able to prove “foot-on-land”/“boots-on-the-ground.” This is a big win for many Veterans. This has been an area of great controversy since the Haas v. Peake case of 2008. Since Haas, Veterans who were able to prove "boots-o