Order of the Silver Rose - Qualifying Deseases

Order of the Silver Rose
QUALIFYING DISEASES
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Photograph by Richard McCorrison

Ed Salsgiver
1946-2007
Sergeant
U.S. Army
Veterans Advocate - American Hero
Dying For Freedom
Isn't The Worst That Can Happen
Being Forgotten is! ...
You Will Never Be Forgotten Ed...

Please get a full yearly physical with CAT Scan!

THE FOLLOWING DISEASES
QUALIFY A VETERAN
FOR THE SILVER ROSE AWARD

If You Were Awarded A Vietnam Service Medal, You are eligible for Compensation for the Following Cancers and Sicknesses with Absolutely No Doubt!!

See A Veterans Service Officer

Immediately and File a Claim.

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If you served in Vietnam
or in Korea on the DMZ from July 68/69
You are Qualified if you served!
or in Thailand or Laos 1964/65 You are Qualified!

If you are suffering from Heart Disease, Hypertension or Non- Malignant Lung Deceases, even if you were not exposed to Herbicides. File a claim Immediately

This is Extremely Important to All Female Vietnam Veterans,

Please pass this on and Read Completely, if you have children who are sick or deceased, there have been 18 New Illnesses Added that are Eligible for Compensation Now!!! They follow..

1.) Achondroplasia

2.) Cleft lip and Cleft Palate

3.) Congential Heart Disease

4.) Congential Talipes Equinovarus ( Clubfoot )

5.) Esophageal and Intestinal Atresia

6.) Hallerman - Streiff Syndrome

7.) Hip Dysplasia

8.)Harschprung's Disease

( congenital megacolon)

9.) Hydrocephalus due to Aqueductal Stenosis

10.) Hypospadias

11.) Imperforate Anus

12.) Neural Tube Defects

13.) Poland Syndrome

14.) Pyloric Stenosis

15.) Sundactyly ( fused digits)

16.) Tracheoesophageal Fistula

17.) Undescended Testicle , and

18.) Williams Symdrome..

These Diseases are not tied to herbicides, including Agent Orange, or Dioxin exposure, but rather to service in Vietnam....

All Approved Cancers and Sicknesses approved by the VA as caused by exposure to Agent Orange Dioxins and that are now Eligible for Compensation from the VA Follow!

All of the diseases on the VA's list of conditions linked to the herbicide exposure appear in the left-hand column. If there is a requirement that the disease appear within a certain period of time, the period of time appears in the right-hand column.

DISEASES RECOGNIZED BY THE VA AS CONNECTED TO AGENT ORANGE EXPOSURE	LENGTH OF TIME REQUIREMENTS: WHEN SYMPTOMS OF THE DISEASE HAVE TO APPEAR AND RESULT IN A DISABILITY (AT LEAST 10 PERCENT DISABLING) IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR BENEFITS.
TYPES OF CANCER / TIME REQUIREMENT
Cancer of the Bronchus	No time requirement (veteran qualifies no matter when the disease first appears.)
Cancer of the Larnyx	No time requirement (veteran qualifies no matter when the disease first appears.)
Lung Cancer	No time requirement (veteran qualifies no matter when the disease first appears.)
Cancer of the Trachea	No time requirement (veteran qualifies no matter when the disease first appears.)
Prostate Cancer	No time requirement (veteran qualifies no matter when the disease first appears.)
Hodgkin's Disease	No time requirement (veteran qualifies no matter when the disease first appears.)
Chronic Lymphatic Leukemia	No time requirement (veteran qualifies no matter when the disease first appears.)
Multiple Myeloma	No time requirement (veteran qualifies no matter when the disease first appears.)
Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma	No time requirement (veteran qualifies no matter when the disease first appears.)

TYPES OF SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA

TIME REQUIREMENT

Adult Fibrosarcoma
Alveolar Soft Part Sarcoma
Angiosarcoma
Clear Cell Sarcoma of Aponeuroses
Clear Cell Sarcoma of Tendons
Congenital Fibrosarcoma
Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans
Ectomesenchymoma
Epithelioid Malignant Leiomyosarcoma
Epithelioid Malignant Schwannoma
Epithelioid Sarcoma
Extraskeltal Ewing's Sarcoma
Hemangiosarcoma
Infantile Fibrosarcoma
Leiomyosarcoma
Liposarcoma
Lymphangiosarcoma
Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma
Malignant ganglioneuroma
Malignant Giant Cell Tumor of the Tendon
   Sheath
Malignant Glandular Schwannoma
Malignant Glomus Tumor
Malignant granular cell tumor
Malignant Hemangiopericytoma
Malignant Mesenchymoma
Malignant Schwannoma with Rhabdomyoblastic    differentiation
Prolifertationg (systemic)Angiendotheliomatosis
Rhabdomyosarcoma
Synovial Sarcoma

No Time Requirement
(veteran qualifies no matter when sarcoma first appears)

DISEASES OTHER THAN CANCER	TIME REQUIREMENT
Peripheral Neuropathy (acute or subacute)	Within months of exposure to agent orange in Vietnam and cured within 2 years after symptoms first appear (Note: this time requirement is written so narrowly it appears to be impossible for any Vietnam veteran to qualify)
Chloracne	Within one year of the last day the veteran served in Vietnam.
Porphyria Cutanea Tarda	Within one year of the last day the veteran served in Vietnam.
Diabetes Complications: Skin Conditions: diabetic dermopathy necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum diabetic blisters eruptive xanthomatosis Gum Disease: Oral Infection Fungal Infection Poor Healing Dry Mouth Eye Disease: Blindness Retinopathy Glaucoma Cataracts Kidney Disease Transplantation: Kidney Pancreas Neuropathy: Charcot’s joint Cranial neuropathy Autonomic neuropathy Compression mononeuropathy Femoral neuropathy Thoracic or lumbar radiculopathy Unilateral foot drop Cardiovascular Health: Heart Attack Stroke	No Time Requirement (veteran qualifies no matter when Diabetes first appears)

DISABILITIES IN CHILDREN OF VIETNAM VETERANS	TIME REQUIREMENT
Spina Bifida	Child must have been conceived after veteran first arrived in Vietnam.

BIRTH DEFECTS IN CHILDREN OF FEMALE VIETNAM VETERANS	TIME REQUIREMENT
Once final rules are issued, the birth defects that qualify for benefits will be listed on NVLSP's website and here. http://www.nvlsp.org	Child must have been conceived after veteran first arrived in Vietnam

Newly Added VA Illnesses and Cancers for DMZ Korean Vets and Thailand or Laos Veterans who served in 1964/65
Recognized for Service between July 1968 -1969, You are likely eligible for Compensation
If you served in the following units in Korea during this time period on the DMZ with the following units,
The four combat Brigades of the 2nd Infantry Division
1st.- 38th. Infantry 2nd. ID
2nd. - 38th. Infantry 2nd ID
1st. - 23rd. Infantry ID
2nd. - 23rd. Infantry ID
3rd. - 23rd. Infantry ID
3rd. - 32nd. Infantry ID
1st. - 9th. Infantry 2nd ID
2nd. -9th. Infantry 2nd ID
1st. - 72nd. Armor 2nd ID
2nd. - 72nd. Armor 2nd. ID
4th. - 7th Cavalry
Counter Agent Company ( Reaction Force)
1st. - 17th. Infantry 7th. ID
2nd. - 17th. Infantry 7th. ID
1st. Bn. - 73rd. Armor 7th. ID
2nd Sq. - 10th. Calvary 7th. ID
1st. - 17th. Infantry 7th. ID
3rd. - Brigade. 7th. ID
2nd. - 10th. Calvary 7th. ID
1st. Bn. - 31st. Infantry Regiment 7th. ID
1st. - Battalion 12th. Arty
1st. Bn - 15th. Arty
7th. Bn. - 17th. Arty
5th. Bn - 38th. Arty
6th. Bn - 37th. Arty
1st. Bn. - 31st. Infantry 7th. ID
1st. Bn. - 32nd. Infantry 7th. ID
2nd. Bn - 32nd.Infantry 7th. ID
Crew of the USS Pueblo
( 3rd. Bn - 32nd. Infantry - 2nd. or 7th. ID with phrase "service records may show assignment
to either the 2nd. or 7th. Infantry Division" )

You are also Eligible for The Order of The Silver Rose Award - Please apply and receive the Honors and
Recognition you have Earned!!!

Source; National Veterans Legal Services Program
2002 S. Street N.W.
Suite 610
Washington, DC 20009

You are also Eligible for The Order of The Silver Rose Award
Please Apply and receive the Honors and Recognition You earned!

National Veterans Legal Services Program

See APPLY FOR SILVER ROSE AWARD

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