A VA-sponsored National Academies committee is seeking input from veterans who developed neurodegenerative conditions after deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, where many were exposed to burn pit toxins; the 2022 PACT Act expanded over 20 presumptive conditions for such exposures to ease disability benefits access.
Source: news va. Original: https://news.va.gov/146174/i-never-let-breast-cancer-disable-me/
