Although veterans advocates made significant progress last year to get burn pit victims their benefits, they are continuing to fight for even more this year.
According to an article published by MilitaryTimes.com, “The issue of toxic exposure injuries for veterans has been a point of emphasis for outside organizations for years. This past year, advocates for those ill veterans saw a number of bills to extend research, monitoring, and benefits eligibility advance further than ever before in Congress, only to stall out at the end of the year. Leaders in the House and Senate have promised to keep pushing those measures along. But partially in response to that momentum, the Department of Veterans Affairs has begun its own work on the issue, granting presumptive benefits to some burn pit victims for the first time.
Relevant pages: Veterans Disability
