Updated PACT Act Presumptive Conditions List (2025 Edition)
2024年8月15日 · A “presumptive condition” is an illness or disease that the VA automatically assumes is related to your military service if you meet certain service requirements. This means you don’t need to prove that your service caused the condition, which simplifies the process of receiving benefits.
What are the presumptive conditions? We’ve added more than 20 burn pit and other toxic exposure presumptive conditions based on the PACT Act. This change expands benefits for Gulf War era and post -9/11 Veterans.
The PACT Act And Your VA Benefits | Veterans Affairs
2020年9月25日 · We’ve added more than 20 burn pit and other toxic exposure presumptive conditions based on the PACT Act. This change expands benefits for Gulf War era and post-9/11 Veterans. These cancers are now presumptive: Brain cancer; Gastrointestinal cancer of any type; Glioblastoma; Head cancer of any type; Kidney cancer; Lymphoma of any type; Melanoma
The PACT Act Presumptive Conditions List • Military Disability …
2024年11月4日 · The Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act (a.k.a. the PACT Act) is a law that created the PACT Act Presumptive Conditions List, which added more than 20 new conditions to the VA’s Presumptive Lists. What is the PACT Act? In August 2022, the PACT Act was signed into law.
Exposure to burn pits and other specific environmental hazards
We’ve added more than 20 burn pit and other toxic exposure presumptive conditions based on the PACT Act. The full name of the law is the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act of 2022.
What are “Presumptive Conditions”? If you are diagnosed with a chronic disease within one year of active -duty release, you should apply for disability compensation.
Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act was signed into law by President Biden in August 2022. The PACT Act expands VA health care and benefits to Veterans (and survivors) who have served in specific regions of the world at certain times. It identifies presumptive conditions that result from exposure to toxic materials (Title 1, Section 103).
PACT Act: Presumptive Conditions - Military.com
2024年6月18日 · The PACT Act only added new presumptive service connections. The VA already covered conditions presumed to be from exposure to asbestos, mustard gas, chemical testing and more circumstances of ...
Agent Orange Newsletter - 2024 - Public Health
An explanation of VA efforts to fast-track Agent Orange claims in anticipation of more than 100,000 Vietnam Veterans filing disability claims over two years due to an expanding presumptive illnesses list. Updates about presumptive illnesses connected to Agent Orange and service in Vietnam and Korea. 2015- Present The Agent Orange Newsletter Today
Are you eligible to file for benefits based on presumptive …
Were you exposed to hazardous materials while serving in the military, such as from Agent Orange or burn pits? Did you serve in Vietnam, Thailand or Southwest Asia? If so, you may be eligible to file for service-connected benefits based on presumptive exposure.