Republic of Vietnam
Separate rules apply to Vietnam pension dates and Agent Orange dates.
- Select only a period that actually occurred at this location; an entire career range is not evidence of location-specific service.
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Service outside the Republic of Vietnam (pension screening)
Includes service elsewhere for the pension-only outside-Vietnam branch; it does not mean toxic exposure.
- Select only a period that actually occurred at this location; an entire career range is not evidence of location-specific service.
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Vietnam inland waterways — U.S. military vessel
Agency review confirms the vessel and qualifying inland waterway service.
- Select only a period that actually occurred at this location; an entire career range is not evidence of location-specific service.
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Qualifying offshore Vietnam/Cambodia waters
The offshore path has a defined maritime boundary; simply being offshore is insufficient.
- Select only a period that actually occurred at this location; an entire career range is not evidence of location-specific service.
- VA must confirm the vessel was within the specified 12-nautical-mile demarcation boundary.
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Thailand — U.S. or Royal Thai military base
The qualifying base location and its dates matter.
- Select only a period that actually occurred at this location; an entire career range is not evidence of location-specific service.
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Laos
Use the Laos-specific Agent Orange period.
- Select only a period that actually occurred at this location; an entire career range is not evidence of location-specific service.
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Cambodia — Mimot or Krek, Kampong Cham Province
This narrow pathway is location-specific.
- Select only a period that actually occurred at this location; an entire career range is not evidence of location-specific service.
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Guam or its territorial waters
The herbicide period differs from Vietnam pension dates.
- Select only a period that actually occurred at this location; an entire career range is not evidence of location-specific service.
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American Samoa or its territorial waters
The herbicide period differs from Vietnam pension dates.
- Select only a period that actually occurred at this location; an entire career range is not evidence of location-specific service.
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Johnston Atoll or ship calling there
VA reviews the island or ship-call service.
- Select only a period that actually occurred at this location; an entire career range is not evidence of location-specific service.
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In or near the Korean DMZ
This later herbicide window is not the Korean-conflict era.
- Select only a period that actually occurred at this location; an entire career range is not evidence of location-specific service.
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Recognized Southwest Asia countries, waters or airspace
Review Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, the Iraq–Saudi neutral zone, and VA-listed regional waters/airspace.
- Select only a period that actually occurred at this location; an entire career range is not evidence of location-specific service.
- VA must verify the specific geographic area. Do not use this broad selection for every country in the wider region.
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Gulf chronic-illness pathway — expanded land locations
Afghanistan, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Syria and Turkey are listed for this pathway without their airspace.
- Select only a period that actually occurred at this location; an entire career range is not evidence of location-specific service.
- This list is not interchangeable with the infectious-disease or PACT Act location lists.
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Afghanistan — ground service (infectious-disease review)
This infectious-disease branch excludes airspace and has its own service start date.
- Select only a period that actually occurred at this location; an entire career range is not evidence of location-specific service.
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PACT Act 1990 group — listed countries or airspace
Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia and UAE, including airspace.
- Select only a period that actually occurred at this location; an entire career range is not evidence of location-specific service.
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Iraq or its airspace — PACT Act review
PACT Act location/date screening; no medical condition is inferred.
- Select only a period that actually occurred at this location; an entire career range is not evidence of location-specific service.
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PACT Act 2001 group — listed countries or airspace
Afghanistan, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Uzbekistan and Yemen, including airspace.
- Select only a period that actually occurred at this location; an entire career range is not evidence of location-specific service.
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Afghanistan or its airspace — PACT Act review
This PACT Act path includes airspace; the infectious-disease branch is different.
- Select only a period that actually occurred at this location; an entire career range is not evidence of location-specific service.
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Syria or its airspace — PACT Act review
PACT Act location/date screening; not the land-only Gulf chronic-illness branch.
- Select only a period that actually occurred at this location; an entire career range is not evidence of location-specific service.
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Camp Lejeune or MCAS New River
Compensation, health-care priority and family reimbursement are separate programs.
- Select only a period that actually occurred at this location; an entire career range is not evidence of location-specific service.
- The 30-day requirement is cumulative. Location presence does not establish a qualifying diagnosis.
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Enewetak Atoll cleanup participation
Select only qualifying cleanup participation, not general travel or island service.
- Select only a period that actually occurred at this location; an entire career range is not evidence of location-specific service.
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Palomares, Spain — nuclear-incident cleanup
Select the specified response activity.
- Select only a period that actually occurred at this location; an entire career range is not evidence of location-specific service.
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Thule, Greenland — nuclear-incident response
Select the specified response activity.
- Select only a period that actually occurred at this location; an entire career range is not evidence of location-specific service.
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