The PACT Act, which was meant to help veterans receive care and benefits after being exposed to toxins and burn pits while serving their country, was billed as the most sweeping piece of veterans health care legislation ever passed.
A provision in the proposed National Defense Authorization Act would require the federal government to assess health impacts on military families exposed to tap water contaminated by jet fuel from the Navy’s Red Hill storage facility in Hawaii.
The Department of Veterans Affairs is studying whether acute and chronic leukemias and multiple myeloma should be considered service-connected for those who deployed to certain geographic areas since Sept. 11, 2001.
The Department of Veterans Affairs is studying whether acute and chronic leukemias and multiple myeloma should be considered service-connected for those who deployed to certain geographic areas since Sept. 11, 2001.