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 Vallarta Living | Veteran Affairs | January 2007 
Ed Bradley, His Death and Agent Orange
 David Lord - PVNN
| | Ed Bradley joined the CBS Paris bureau as a stringer in September 1971. He transferred to the Saigon bureau in 1972 and was wounded in 1973 while on assignment in Cambodia. Moving to the CBS Washington bureau in 1974, he volunteered to return to Southeast Asia and covered the fall of South Vietnam in 1975. Bradley joined 60 Minutes in 1981. For his work as a broadcast journalist, he won numerous awards, including 19 Emmys and a Lifetime Achievement award from the National Association of Black Journalists. Ed Bradley died on November 9, 2006. |
Last week, I was interviewed on XM Satellite Radio about the death of Ed Bradley of CBS News. I stated that it may have been the result of exposure to herbicides in Viet Nam. Ed's death from Leukemia, may have been CLL-Leukemia, which is listed on the presumptive list for exposures to dioxin for all Veterans of the Vietnam War.
If Ed had been a US Veteran, rather than a CBS news reporter, both he and his surviving spouse would have received compensation. The importance of his sad death cannot be emphasized enough, as it may bring awareness and save many lives of Veterans not yet aware they too have Leukemia or some other dioxin related disease.
I am now being contacted by many Veterans from the United States for help. The list below is for you to review, please contact me for assistance if needed.
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL): CLL is somewhat related to, and confused with, Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma (another presumptive Agent Orange disease.) CLL is one of four forms of Leukemia and involves tumors of the blood.
Chloracne or other Acneform disease consistent with Chloracne
Hodgkin's Disease
Multiple Myeloma
Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
Acute and Subacute Peripheral Neuropathy
Porphyria Cutanea Tarda
Type 2 Diabetes
Prostate Cancer
Respiratory Cancers (cancer of the lung, bronchus, larynx, or trachea)
Soft-tissue Sarcoma (other than Osteosarcoma, Chondrosarcoma, Kaposi's Sarcoma, Or Mesothelioma)
In 1984, I, and many other Vietnam Veterans, sued Dow Chemical in a class action law suit. Men like myself never received any money. There were so many Veterans that had already died from exposures that only the dead Veteran's families collected on the settlement. Now many more Veterans who have diseases on the A.O. list have rights to sue Dow Chemical.
In November 2001, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled that two Vietnam Veterans who first became ill after 1994 (that is, after the settlement funds had been fully disbursed) were not bound by the 1984 settlement and therefore these two Vietnam Veterans could sue the chemical companies who manufactured Agent Orange for damages. The Supreme Court upheld the Court of Appeals' decision in 2003.
Interested persons should contact counsel for the two Vietnam veterans:
Gerson Smoger, Esq.
Smoger Law Firm
1-888-405-LAWS
He may want to know who sent you, if so, please tell him to contact me at david.lord@yahoo.
VA MOVES TO EXPAND AGENT ORANGE REGISTRY EXAMINATION TO VETERANS WITH SERVICE IN KOREA DURING 1968 AND 1969
The VA has acknowledged the possibility that some Veterans who served in the Republic of Korea during 1968 and 1969 may have been exposed to Agent Orange. Veterans who served in Korea, especially those who were stationed near the DMZ, should request an Agent Orange Registry Examination at their nearest VA Medical facility.
MENTAL HEALTH SPENDING
A study released recently by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) says the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to spend the money it budgeted to treat the mental health needs of Veterans, including those returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.
The VA budgeted $300 million in fiscal 2005-06 for new mental health initiatives but spent only $200 million. The study also found that the VA had little or no way of tracking spending for new mental health initiatives during those two years and that some of the money it spent might not have gone toward mental health programs.
VA REPLACING OLD IDENTIFICATION CARDS
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has announced that VA health care facilities are beginning an aggressive campaign to assure that enrolled Veterans with old versions of its ID cards are issued the new Veterans Identification Card (VIC.)
VA decided to initiate the mass replacement to reduce Veteran vulnerability to identity theft. The new VIC removed the sensitive information such as birth dates and social security numbers from the face of the card.
VHA estimates that between 3 and 4 million enrolled Veterans have not yet been issued a new VIC. VA hopes to complete the massive replacement program within the next 12 months.
2007 DISABILITY COMPENSATION RATES
If you are military Veteran with a service-related disability you may qualify for up to $2,471 in monthly benefits. These benefits are paid to Veterans who have injuries or diseases that happened while on active duty, or were made worse by active military service. It is also paid to certain Veterans disabled from VA health care. These benefits are tax-free.
If you wish to support my efforts please make donation to our local American Legion Post 14 here in Puerto Vallarta. Your donation will be used to defray the expense of serving Veterans here in the Banderas Bay area.
 David Lord served in Vietnam as combat Marine for 1st Battalion 26th Marines, during which time he was severely wounded. He received the Purple Heart and the Presidential Unit Citation for his actions during the war in Vietnam. In Mexico, David now represents all Veterans south of the U.S. border all the way to Panama, before the V.A. and the Board of Veterans Appeals. David Lord provides service to Veterans at no fee. Veterans are welcome to drop in and discuss claims/benefits to which they are entitled by law at his office located at Bayside Properties, 160 Francisca Rodriguez, tel.: 223-4424, call him at home 299-5367, on his cell: 044 (322) 205-1323, or email him at mophmx@@yahoo.com or david.lord@yahoo.com.
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