Biden vows VA will do better on veterans’ burn pit illnesses

[rebewranger]

Biden vows VA will do better on veterans’ burn pit illnesses
By Leo Shane III
 Mar 1, 10:54 PM


President Joe Biden delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol on March 1, 2022. (Julia Nikhinson/Pool via AP)
President Joe Biden on Tuesday invoked his status as the father of a fallen soldier in a State of the Union promise to improve veterans health care and benefits, specifically focused on individuals suffering from the effects of toxic burn pit smoke from their time deployed overseas.

“I’m calling on Congress: pass a law to make sure veterans devastated by toxic exposures in Iraq and Afghanistan finally get the benefits and comprehensive health care they deserve,” Biden said in his national address, calling it part of “a sacred obligation to equip all those we send to war and care for them and their families when they come home.”


Earlier in the day, the White House announced that the Department of Veterans Affairs will recognize nine new respiratory illnesses as conditions presumed linked to veterans’ military service, fast tracking them for payouts and medical care.

https://www.militarytimes.com/veterans/2022/03/01/biden-vows-va-will-do-better-on-veterans-burn-pit-illnesses/

[rebewranger]

He also promised them a chicken in every pot and two cars in every garage

[sneakypete]

Never heard of "Toxic Burn Pit Disease",but by definition there would be very few vets assigned to burn pits and harmed by them.

Never heard of a "Burn Pit" MOS. Has anyone else?

I hope they used MP's.

[GtHawk]

Never heard of "Toxic Burn Pit Disease",but by definition there would be very few vets assigned to burn pits and harmed by them.

Never heard of a "Burn Pit" MOS. Has anyone else?

I hope they used MP's.

The numbers I have seen state 3.5 million affected by toxic burn pit smoke since the 1991 Iraq Invasion and ist sounds like they have had the same uphill battle as you and other Agent Orange afflicted Vietnam Vets.

https://www.publichealth.va.gov/exposures/burnpits/

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/military/veterans-face-uphill-battle-receive-treatment-burn-pit-exposure-n1263862

https://ruiz.house.gov/media-center/in-the-news/after-nearly-two-decades-war-va-still-denies-78-veterans-burn-pits-claims