Some Veterans Exposed to Toxics from Burn Pits to Have Compensation Fast-Tracked by VA
2 Aug 2021
Stars and Stripes | By Nikki Wentling
WASHINGTON -- The Department of Veterans Affairs on Monday created a fast-track to disability compensation for certain veterans who developed asthma, rhinitis or sinusitis because of their exposure to burn pits during overseas deployments.
The VA announced it will now process disability claims for those conditions on a presumptive basis, which lowers the amount of evidence that veterans must provide in order to receive benefits.
The change applies to veterans who served from Aug. 2, 1990, to now in the Southwest Asia theater of operations, which includes Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, the neutral zone between Iraq and Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, the Gulf of Aden, the Gulf of Oman, the Persian Gulf, the Arabian Sea, the Red Sea and the airspace above these locations.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/08/02/some-veterans-exposed-toxics-burn-pits-have-compensation-fast-tracked-va.html
