A lower court said the Department of Veterans Affairs was free to adopt its own rules in regard to the program that provides compensation and benefits to family caregivers.
The VA has paused discharges from the Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers out of concern that nearly all post-9/11 enrollees were deemed ineligible.
Benefits for burn pit illnesses, hypertension from Agent Orange would be granted under new plan 2 hours ago Wind fans the flames of a burn pit at Combat Outpost Tangi in the Tangi Valley of Afghanistan on Aug. 31, 2009. (Staff Sgt. Teddy Wade/Army) Nearly all veterans who served in overseas conflicts in the last 31 years would be granted presumptive benefits status for a host of respiratory illness and cancers under a sweeping proposal to be introduced by Senate leaders next week. In addition, Vietnam veterans who suffer from high blood pressure would be granted the same presumptive status for their disability claims, potentially handing out billions more in payouts to the aging group.
Sweeping health and benefits changes could come soon for vets suffering toxic exposure ills April 28 A service member watches over a the burn pit in Al Anbar Province of Iraq in May 2007. (Cpl. Samuel D. Corum/Marine Corps) Lawmakers on Wednesday launched their latest effort to piece together comprehensive legislation on veterans’ toxic exposure illnesses with the goal of providing a clear path forward by the start of the summer. At a hearing on the issue before the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, Chairman Jon Tester, D-Mont., said he wanted to mark up the package “before Memorial Day” and promised a “bold” new approach to getting more medical care and benefits to veterans suffering from illnesses connected to burn pits, chemical exposure and other potential poisoning while on duty.
Burn pit advocate, Navy vet Lauren Price of New Port Richey dies
Price co-founded Veterans Warriors Inc. and died of cancer after exposure to toxic chemicals in Iraq.
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Lauren Price at the Navy Yard, Washington DC. in Sept., 2014. Price passed away on March 30, 2021 from complications related to cancer. She was 56. Photo by James Price. [ HOWARD ALTMAN | James Price ]
By Leo Shane III and was edited from the original.
A prominent advocate for military burn pit victims died this week from complications related to her own toxic exposure injuries.
Lauren Price, a Navy veteran from New Port Richey who co-founded the Florida-based Veterans Warriors Inc., passed away on March 30 from complications related to cancer. She was 56.