Exposure to Burn Pit Emissions and Respiratory Diseases?doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.7581RESPIRATORY disease risk factorsRISK assessmentAIR pollutionDEPLOYMENT (Military strategy)CARDIOVASCULAR diseases risk factorsENVIRONMENTAL exposureOCCUPATIONAL exposure...
Currently, the Department of Veterans Affairs decides these exposure claims on a case-by-case basis, with the exception of those filed for asthma, rhinitis or sinusitis. The burden of proving one's illness is related to a burn pit exposure falls on the veteran, leading to delays in health ...
The legislation would also presume that certain respiratory illnesses and cancers were related to burn pit exposure, allowing the veterans to obtain disability payments to compensate for their injury without having to prove the illness was a result of their service. Reporting from the Department of V...
Advocates for veterans say not enough is being done to address veterans' health claims regarding the burn pits. From 2007 to 2018, the VA processed 11,581 disability compensation claims that had "at least one condition related to burn pit exposure," a department spokesman toldThe New York ...
In August, the VA began processing claims for asthma, rhinitis and sinusitis. "Presumptive conditions" will also now include "constrictive bronchiolitis, lung cancers and rare respiratory cancers such as squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx or trachea and salivary gland-type tumors of the trachea,...
Veterans across the country are contending exposure to burn pits and other airborne toxins has made them sick. But the vast majority have been rejected for related VA disability benefits. The new federal effort is designed to make it easier for veterans to make claims b...
New in 2022: When will all burn pit victims finally get veterans benefits? Advocates saw progress on their efforts in 2021, but hope for even more in 2022. ByLeo Shane III VA officials said the move will likely affect only about 100 veterans who were previously denied for claims...
METHODS. As part of a comprehensive study of previously deployed military personnel with exertional dyspnea (n=145), all patients underwent pulmonary function testing, screening for burn pit exposure via the VA Burn Pit Registry Questionnaire, and if warranted by sleep questionnaires, in-lab ...
Subjective burn pit exposure does not appear to influence OSA development in previously deployed military personnel. Given the high rate of OSA in this cohort, continued investigation of deployment exposures which may influence sleep-disordered breathing is recommended....
1st Class Heath Robinson went on guard duty or worked alongside his fellow soldiers in Iraq, he could see and smell the smoke rising from the base's burn pits. "It was just an open pit the Army would use to get rid of anything-trash, feces, computers, rubber tires," he said in a...