{"id":75518,"date":"2022-12-16T19:17:08","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T19:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/12\/16\/biden-urges-vets-to-apply-for-burn-pit-benefits-right-away\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T15:09:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T15:09:00","slug":"biden-urges-vets-to-apply-for-burn-pit-benefits-right-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/veterans\/2022\/12\/16\/biden-urges-vets-to-apply-for-burn-pit-benefits-right-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden urges vets to apply for burn pit benefits right away"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Joe Biden held a veterans town hall event in Delaware on Friday to cap a week of public events highlighting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/veterans\/2022\/12\/12\/va-starting-work-on-terminally-ill-vets-pact-act-claims-immediately\/\" target=\"_blank\">new benefits and services<\/a> for former service members with toxic exposure injuries, particularly those caused by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/burn-pits\/2022\/03\/29\/what-are-military-burn-pits-and-why-are-veterans-worried-about-them\/\" target=\"_blank\">burn pits<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m urging all veterans of these decades of war to enroll in VA health care to get screened for toxic exposure and to promptly file your claims,\u201d he told a crowd of veterans and dignitaries gathered at the Maj. Joseph R. \u201cBeau\u201d Biden III National Guard\/Reserve Center. \u201cThe VA will move as quickly as possible to resolve your claim and to get you the benefits you\u2019ve earned.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Department of Veterans Affairs hosted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/veterans\/2022\/12\/09\/va-plans-week-of-action-to-highlight-new-toxic-exposure-benefits\/\" target=\"_blank\">more than 100 events<\/a> over the last seven days to raise public awareness of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/federal-oversight\/2022\/10\/25\/claims-of-burn-pit-exposure-pour-in-as-vets-seek-pact-act-benefits\/\" target=\"_blank\">Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act<\/a>, better known as the PACT Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/veterans\/2022\/12\/12\/va-starting-work-on-terminally-ill-vets-pact-act-claims-immediately\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22088675831055-1.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">VA starting work on terminally ill vets\u2019 PACT Act claims immediately<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The move could speed up benefits for about 2,500 veterans.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They included public-service announcements from celebrities and in-person events in every U.S. state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Biden\u2019s involvement in the effort lent even more emphasis to the message, and included a pledge from the commander in chief that his administration will continue to look for ways to help and thank veterans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe have a lot of obligations as Americans, but we all have one sacred obligation: to take care of those we send to war and care for them and their families when they come home,\u201d he said. \u201cI mean, and I know my colleagues mean, that from the bottom of our hearts.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The PACT Act \u2014 passed last summer following a high-profile push for the legislation from Biden in his March State of the Union address \u2014 provides presumptive benefit status for 12 types of cancer and 12 other respiratory illnesses linked to burn pit exposure in the Gulf War, the War in Afghanistan and the War in Iraq.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The presumptive benefits status allows veterans to receive disability payouts even if they can\u2019t prove a direct link to a chemical exposure during their time in service. Because of the widespread use of the trash fires in both Iraq and Afghanistan, anyone who served in the region is considered to have been breathing in the toxins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The measure also provides presumptive benefits status for hypertension and monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) for veterans who served in Vietnam, and radiation-related illnesses for veterans who served in several new locations in the 1960s and early 1970s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As many as one in five living veterans in America today could see new services or payouts because of the law.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2022\/03\/29\/what-are-military-burn-pits-and-why-are-veterans-worried-about-them\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/burn-pit-balad-air-base-dvids-march-2008-file-dvids.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">What are military burn pits? And why are veterans worried about them?<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The fires used in combat zones to dispose of waste may have caused serious illnesses in hundreds of thousands of U.S. service members.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But VA Secretary Denis McDonough told town hall attendees on Friday that those new benefits are only useful if veterans take advantage of them. Since the summer, more than 176,000 veterans have applied for disability benefits under the law. VA will begin processing most of those cases on Jan. 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe will not rest until every single veteran and survivor knows about this new law, understands what it means for them, and gets the care and benefits they\u2019ve earned,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s what our country owes you. 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