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Before the law, the Department of Veterans Affairs denied 70% of disability claims that involved burn pit exposure. Now, the law requires the VA to assume that certain respiratory illnesses and ...
[22] More recently, the USDVA lists several forms of cancer as presumptive conditions for burn pit exposures. [4] One study using Burn Pits 360's registry found that there is a higher rate of proportionate cancer mortality among deceased veterans. [23]
Adds 20+ more presumptive conditions for burn pits, Agent Orange, and other toxic exposures; Adds more presumptive-exposure locations for Agent Orange and radiation; Requires VA to provide a toxic exposure screening to every Veteran enrolled in VA health care; Helps VA improve research, staff education, and treatment related to toxic exposures
A major milestone has now been reached with one million claims approved by the VA, giving veterans access to healthcare after burn pits exposure made them sick. Veterans and advocates tell Gustaf ...
The nonprofit they started at their kitchen table to help forgotten veterans made sick by toxic burn pits became catalyst for changing national policy 'We got it done': How a Texas couple changed ...
Chemical burn; Other names: Acid burn: Chemical burns caused by exposure to mustard gas during the First World War: Specialty: Emergency medicine : Symptoms: itching, bleaching or darkening of skin, burning sensations, trouble breathing, coughing blood and/or tissue necrosis
A bill enhancing health care and disability benefits for millions of veterans exposed to toxic burn pits won final approval in the Senate on Tuesday, ending a brief stalemate over the measure that ...
Nicole Leger always thought of the burn pits at military bases in Afghanistan as more like campfires than health hazards. According to administration statistics, the Department of Veterans Affairs ...