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VA details how veterans can now file toxic exposure claims

Last month an act was signed into law expanding health care coverage to veterans exposed to toxins. Here's what it means.

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Toxic exposure issue at military bases warrants action now

Attorney Jonathan Sharp writes that more needs to be done to address the health effects military veterans and their families have suffered as a result of exposure to toxic compounds during their service and time on installations such as Camp Lejeune.

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Push on to expand care for vets exposed to toxic substances

Push on to expand care for vets exposed to toxic substances
May 17, 2021
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AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Senators from New England and North Carolina want to expand health care options for veterans who suffered exposure to toxic substances.
Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Thom Tillis of North Carolina and Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire said the Toxic Exposure in the American Military Act would improve how veterans exposed to the substances receive care and benefits. Collins said the act would make sure that treatment for conditions related to toxic exposures would be covered at no cost to the patient.

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'Sense of urgency:' Lawmakers introduce several bills to aid vets exposed to toxic fumes

'Sense of urgency:' Lawmakers introduce several bills to aid vets exposed to toxic fumes
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'Sense of urgency': Lawmakers introduce several bills to aid vets exposed to toxic fumes

‘Sense of urgency’: Lawmakers introduce several bills to aid vets exposed to toxic fumes
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By SARAH CAMMARATA | STARS AND STRIPES Published: April 9, 2021
WASHINGTON — Michigan Reps. Elissa Slotkin, a Democrat, and Peter Meijer, a Republican, introduced a bill Thursday that removes a key barrier to health benefits for veterans exposed to toxic fumes while serving overseas.
It is the seventh piece of legislation introduced in Congress in recent weeks designed to help veterans who were exposed to fumes from burn pits while serving on military installations.
On both sides of the political aisle, lawmakers in Washington are ramping up efforts to expand care for veterans who became sick after breathing the toxic fumes. And the litany of bills illustrate the growing appetite in Congress to address the issue, especially with President Joe Biden believing his son died from toxic exposure.

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Navy vet pushes House bill that would expand care for veterans exposed to toxic fumes

By SARAH CAMMARATA | STARS AND STRIPES Published: April 1, 2021
WASHINGTON — Rep. Elaine Luria, a 20-year Navy veteran, introduced legislation Thursday that would expand care and disability compensation for veterans made sick after breathing in toxic fumes on overseas deployments.
The Conceding Our Veterans’ Exposures Now and Necessitating Training Act would ease the burden of proof for veterans who got sick by exposure to burn pits and other toxic exposures.
“The burden of proof shouldn’t be on our veterans to get the benefits they deserve, and there’s no reason that they and their survivors should have to fight VA for the care and benefits they earned," said Luria, D-Va., a member of the House Armed Services Committee.

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Veterans groups hope Beau Biden's death will lead president to help ailing post-9/11 veterans

Veterans groups hope Beau Biden’s death will lead president to help ailing post-9/11 veterans
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In his first 10 days as president, Joe Biden visited wounded service members at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. The visit was more than a somber return to the place where his son, Beau, died from a rare brain cancer in 2015. It was a sign to ailing veterans and advocacy groups that the president might deliver the care post-9/11 veterans have struggled for decades to get.
“Beau Biden almost certainly died of exposure, probably to a burn pit,” said Afghanistan veteran Mark Jackson, who works on behalf of veterans suffering rare diseases and ailments after being stationed at a contaminated secret base in Uzbekistan known as K2.

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