VA's C-123 Benefits for Reservists Helped Active Duty Veterans Also

I reviewed the March Board of Veterans Appeals decisions and was glad to see five Active Duty airmen win their appeals based on VA's C-123 rules. None of these vets would have succeeded without their claims reliance on our having convinced VA that C-123 duties, Reserve or Active Duty, between 1972-1986 provide for a presumption of exposure to Agent Orange. The benefits to them are tens of thousands of dollars each – congratulations!
In addition, there was one claim approved that I disagree with: a paratrooper claimed Agent Orange exposure merely by having jumped from a C-123 during his active duty years. This kind of infrequent, non-professional is not what VA had in mind when the C-123 eligibility rules were published. Lucky guy, but not from any merit on his part.