{"id":12078,"date":"2019-04-24T15:20:04","date_gmt":"2019-04-24T15:20:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/04\/24\/supreme-court-delays-final-ruing-on-blue-water-vietnam-veterans-benefits\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T05:12:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T05:12:19","slug":"supreme-court-delays-final-ruing-on-blue-water-vietnam-veterans-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/veterans\/2019\/04\/24\/supreme-court-delays-final-ruing-on-blue-water-vietnam-veterans-benefits\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court delays final ruling on \u2018blue water\u2019 Vietnam veterans benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Supreme Court this week granted a 30-day extension to Department of Justice officials contemplating an appeal of a lower court ruling in January which extended <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/veterans\/2018\/05\/04\/new-blue-water-veterans-deal-could-mean-benefits-for-90000-vietnam-war-troops\/\" target=_blank>presumptive benefits to tens of thousands of Navy veterans<\/a> who have claimed exposure to toxic chemical defoliants during the Vietnam War.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But advocates say they are not concerned by the move, calling it a typical legal maneuver and not a serious threat to getting benefits to the group of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/veterans\/2018\/09\/20\/former-va-secretaries-spar-over-blue-water-navy-benefits\/\" target=_blank>so-called \u201cblue water\u201d veterans.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis just seems to be going through the motions,\u201d said John Wells, retired Navy commander and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/01\/29\/court-rules-va-must-pay-disability-benefits-to-blue-water-vietnam-veterans\/\" target=_blank>executive director Military-Veterans Advocacy<\/a>, which has lobbied on the issue for years. \u201cIt\u2019s not a setback for us. Veterans Affairs Secretary (Robert) Wilkie has told us this was not initiated by his department.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/04\/17\/will-the-benefits-for-blue-water-vietnam-veterans-be-settled-soon\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_6509120108-1.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Will the benefits for \u2018blue water\u2019 Vietnam veterans be settled soon?<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Lawmakers are planning a flurry of moves to address the issue of the Vietnam veterans benefits in coming weeks.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In January, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cafc.uscourts.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/opinions-orders\/17-1821.Opinion.1-29-2019.pdf\" target=_blank>a federal court ruled<\/a> that VA officials for years has used faulty reasoning to deny disability benefits to veterans who served in ships off the waters of Vietnam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">VA officials had argued that for years that existing law established only that troops who served on the ground on on ships close to shore were entitled to the presumption of exposure to chemical defoliants like Agent Orange, speeding the process for their disability benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sailors on ships further out to sea were not, even though many contracted the same rare cancers and respiratory illnesses that their land-based counterparts did. They have been required to provide proof of chemical exposure during their combat tours, a near-impossible prospect given the decades that have passed and lack of environmental monitoring at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Until the court ruling in January, VA officials had also argued that extending presumptive benefits to the estimated 90,000 blue water veterans would cost as much as $5 billion over 10 years, a figure that advocates have disputed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But since the ruling, Wilkie has said publicly he will work with veterans groups and Congress on a path ahead for awarding the benefits. He also advised Justice officials against appealing the federal court ruling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Department of Justice officials had until next week to raise that objection, but instead asked for a 30-day extension. In their court request, lawyers for the department did not indicate they intend to fight the decision, but needed more time to research the potential impact of the ruling on other pending court cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/01\/29\/court-rules-va-must-pay-disability-benefits-to-blue-water-vietnam-veterans\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_70010105491.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Court rules VA must pay disability benefits to \u2018blue water\u2019 Vietnam veterans<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The decision could affect up to 90,000 veterans who have been petitioning VA officials for disability payouts for years.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wells said he would not be surprised if the department requested another extension next month too. 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