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What Is the VA’s Burn Pit Registry?
VA’s Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry is an online database for veterans and service members “to document their…
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A new decision handed down by a judge for the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office for Workers’ Compensation Programs declares…
Read More about Ruling on Burn Pits Could Impact VeteransVA Disability for Hashimoto’s Disease: Burn Pit Exposure
What is Hashimoto’s Disease? Hashimoto’s disease, or Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, is the most common cause of hypothyroidism in the United States. …
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Chronic lymphocytic leukemia is a form of blood cancer which begins in the bone marrow. The cancer can progress slowly…
Read More about VA Disability for Chronic Lymphocytic Lymphoma: Burn Pit ExposureNewly Proposed Legislation to Aid Veterans Exposed to Burn Pits
Note: The information in this article is now out of date, since legislation surrounding burn pits has since been passed in…
Read More about Newly Proposed Legislation to Aid Veterans Exposed to Burn Pits“Helping Veterans Exposed to Burn Pits Act” Signed Into Law
On September 13, 2018 the House of Representatives voted to pass the Energy and Water, Legislative Branch, and Military Construction…
Read More about “Helping Veterans Exposed to Burn Pits Act” Signed Into LawBurn Pits: The Agent Orange for Post-9/11 Veterans
What are Burn Pits? Open air burn pits were large pits used for waste disposal on United States military bases…
Read More about Burn Pits: The Agent Orange for Post-9/11 VeteransWhy DoD Still Uses Military Burn Pits in 2019
The Department of Defense (DoD) Open Burn Pit Report to Congress: April 2019 provides information regarding the ongoing use of…
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What are Burn Pits? Burn pits were large areas of land in which the United States military and its contractors…
Read More about VA Releases 2014-2018 Burn Pit Registry DataHow Are Gulf War Illness and Burn Pit Claims Different?
Although the presumptive period for Persian Gulf War claims overlaps in part with the time period in which burn pits…
Read More about How Are Gulf War Illness and Burn Pit Claims Different?VA Proposes Presumption for Rare Respiratory Cancers Related to Burn Pits
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) recently announced its intention to add nine rare respiratory cancers related to toxic chemical…
Read More about VA Proposes Presumption for Rare Respiratory Cancers Related to Burn PitsCCK Law’s Kerry Baker Presents at Burn Pits Congressional Briefing
On April 30, 2019, CCK Law’s Kerry Baker presented at the Burn Pits Congressional Briefing in Washington, D.C. regarding VA…
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