It took exactly 6 months for my 100% rating for agent Orange exposure in Nam . It was back dated and the first check was ginormous !

This is great! Thank you. One of the biggest things is/was, that although it's presumptive, you will still be denied if you haven't been diagnosed with whatever you're claiming. You can file an "Intent to claim", and then go through the process of being diagnosed, or, vice-versa. But no matter what, you need a diagnosis of "said" presumptive claim.

due to the pact act claim that the VA granted me 30% for sinusitis (from burn-pit exposure in Afghanistan) and 10% for rhinitis, i finally got my 100% P&T status.

That’s the thing .. for some of us that have filed for PACT Act presumptions prior to the law , it’s a shame to not be able to have the proper retroactive date (which may have been years ) rather than just one year of back pay. 👎🏾

Why is a payment considered a "grant" and not a paid out adjustment on the case? Thank you for standing up for the veterans and giving us a voice. Documentation beats conversation every time. i've been contesting my case with the VA since 2014 when i officially retired, I had to get a lawyer as my VSO, my case made head way, i got tired of dealing with the VA. I submit paperwork or the PACT Act still awaiting a decision. They diagnose me with medical problems the issues are cyclical but when they come on its bad. News like this gives me hope you and the other channels like this keep me informed and in the fight thank you again

Outstanding, great information, and much needed. Keep supporting the troops, You're the best!

THANK YOU. I'VE BEEN DRAGGING MY FEET. THIS GIVES ME HOPE. NAVY 1986-1990.🙏🇺🇸👍🏻

Thanks for the video. Really well done and informative.

Finally got my 100% ❤

Hoping the pact act saves my butt. I had pancreatic cancer and was stationed overseas at the location and time they said was required

Thank you. This was helpful.

The VA still refuses to acknowledge my diagnosed PTSD. During my appeal they tried saying it's not in my record when it is

I filed my claim at the end of April had my exams at the end of May and was 30% Service Connected for Asthma in early June. The crazy thing is. I didn’t file a claim for Asthma. I mentioned Asthma in my statement for Sarcoidosis and had a C&P Exam for it separately. The Biden Administration is DELIVERING the PACT Act for Vets in a major way.

Took 143 days to get 100%P&T through the PACT Act for my Prostate cancer due to exposure during Desert storm.

thanks ya'll. tryna get my dad his correct rating. This info has been beneficial. thank you!

I am a Vietnam era veteran but have never been to any of the geographic locations in the PACT act. I did, however have to handle other toxins an an almost daily basis without being provided any ppe like rubber, chemical -proof gloves or breathing protection. Those include PCBs, Trichloroethylene and PFAS. What I keep hearing is that burn pits and Agent Orange are the marque toxic exposure and the VA is not granting service connection for any other toxic exposures. I have 6 of the conditions on the presumptives list whcih every doctor I meet finds extremely odd because I have the "weird" ones. Neurological issues, heart electrical problems, stage 4 metastatic prostate cancer, pancreatitus, insulin dependent diabetes, porophiria cutanea gravis, non-malignant growths of the neck and thyroid. I also have some conditions caused by or exacerbated by VA medical or administrative malpractice. All hear is "gee, well, too bad for you"

IN my research I found an EPA study that said that until 1988, the disposal of hazardous wastes was left to the discretion of the base commander but mis handling of HazMat continued well into the 1990s. I was in the USAF and they used to practice fighting aircrft fires by dumping a few hundred gallons of JP4 jet fuel on the ground and then putting it out with the foam which is laden with PFAS. You can't tell me that never found it's way into the ground water if you had been doing that since WWII.

Thank you

I wonder when this will trickle down to all the contractors that served with veterans

thank you for this information...

good and informative! Thanks

Denied all of my PACT Act claims, documented and proven medical issues, I live in Indiana and the Regional IN Office has been cited by the Inspector General of the VA for many illegal actions, just appealed the claim six months ago. At 69 I have to wait one more year and I at the head of the line.

The cutoff for Guam is 1980. I was there from 1989-1991 and spent plenty of time playing war games and in the jungles around NAVCAMS and Andersen AFB and have conditions that would be covered but for the dates. Yet the EPA has reported dangerous levels of dioxin remaining in the soil as recently as 2018. What hope is there for a veteran like me?

I have been service connected for three (3) PACT Act disabilities; however all were rated at 0%. They are hypertension, multiple skin cancers and scars resulting from the the cancer removals. At my C&P my blood pressure was below the threshold. I have been on medication for that since 1996. The skin cancers have been removed, so I understand there is no longer cancer. The scars did not cover enough cover enough square centimeters. I was just curious if the VBA is reported what ratings they are approving the disabilities; I have not seen it on the VA Dashboard.

Why does the VA not include burn pits at 4P1 at the DMZ Korea during 1970's?

Was just denied rinositus due to preexisting before entering service even though condition worsened due to working with Jet Fuel.

They are. I got approved for 3.

Do you have any insight into how the mass torts for veterans affected by AFFF/PFAS & PFOS will be impacted by The VET PFAS Act (presuming it is passed into law) and vice versa?

Just got a 100% rating from a VA ( pact act) claim

Didn't take my case. Didn't explain why.🤨

A few things to consider 1. Continously pursuance is definitely something to consider for an earlier effective date IF the law supports it. The VA can't pay you for a disability in 2010, when the law wasn't in place at that time. Nor does it stipulate a time prior to August 2022 2. AO exposure under the PACT ACT only adds two new contentions, but it does expand the area of exposure 3. GW & 9/11 vets have more contentions added. It's important to note that the claimant needs to be reviewing information pertaining to their time in service 4. The M-21 & CFR are public knowledge. They tell exactly what is required for a grant of a disability 5. If you are already paid at the 100 percent rate. It may not be beneficial to file a claim. Meaning if you are permanent & total at the 100 rate since 2013 ( 10 years) then your spouse can typically get the highest death benefit payment no matter what the cause of death. Thus doing a claim while your right would be futile. 6. Understand your VA Math & know while your combined rating will never say more than 100, there are ways to increase your monthly benefit 7. If you don't fall under the PACT ACT look up Occupational Hazards & have a board certified specialist write you a nexus letter

I filed for asthma, which is in my myhealthevet medical records which was diagnosed by VA. So hopefully my claim gets approved. What is the percentage for bronchial asthma?

What happens when your entrance physical interferes with your current PACT act claim?

Maybe CC&K can answer this: I called the VA hotline, they told me to write in "symptom - PACT Act" in the supplemental or original claim paperwork. Have you heard this to be true? As many have written below, I have a "0" on rhinitis and sinusitis, "denied" for chronic fatigue even though the decision letter stated I am TERA and service area "conceded".

I was located in classified location within Egypt and close to Red Sea during Gulf War (Jul - Dec 1990). The rater denied me said I wasn't in a Gulf war location while my DD214 says I was. Also, Egypt was left off his eligible locations. This is why I was denied!

Is it for Gulf War syndrome? I only got 10,% for asthma and 10% sinus nothing for allergies Strokes rash Strokes arthritis fibromyalgia fatigue and many other things and I had asthma and sinus on my separation physical February 93!

I filed My claim last March 2023 but until now didn't hear from the VA😢

Does the PACT Act also cover exposures to radiation and other contaminants like PFAS such as aqueous film forming foam (AFFF)? There have been quite a bit going around about that lately and it is rather confusing.

I filed the day after Biden signed the legislation. During my C&P phone examination the guy interviewing me kept repeating over and over again in amazement as to the amount of high blood pressure medicine I was taking. When I got notified with a deposit in my checking account and then received an award letter, they gave me just 10%. That plus 30% for PTSD brought me to 90% thanks to the VA'S Fuzzy Math. I think they purposely low-balled both so that I couldn't reach 100% total disability. That's okay I've got more claims to file on them anyway. And by the way all my disabilities our Agent Orange or PTSD caused.

The Indiana Regional denied all of my claims, I appealed at age 70 years old I am at the front of the line, same old games.

Thanks for the video. I have a question. I have one of the presumptive conditions, but my exposure was not in the presumptive time frames outlined in the PACT Act. Three different people told me I should still file a claim; my PC Nurse (who screened me), a VA claims reviewer, and the VA Hotline. I filed the claim. What are my chances of getting it approved? I am currently at 70%

Are there statistics on the claims backlog?

What about those of us who were painting vehicles with CARC paint and using MEK to clean up in the mid ‘80’s?

Is there a template or specific wording that needs to be used when filing for the PACT Act?

What about Camp Lejeune?

am a 100 percent p&t i been told if you don't want the va to change your rating be happy with what you got and don't ask for more, if i try to open a claim for this because i was exposed back in 04 and 06, it might come back and bite me and reopen my case and lower my disability?

I filed mine when they started advertising the PACT Act. Immediately got rejected. I'm Agent Orange vet and no reason or C&P. i

What if I have appeals in that has been on going for 3 years, can I still file for the PACT at? Also will that push my appeal claims back?

I was anNBC nco at ft.Bliss for a few years. I ran my troops through a gas chamber alot. Does this count in the pact act. I've got hypertension.

On April of 2023 the VA sent me a letter with a list of the qualified cancer conditions for the Pact Act. The cancer I have was not on the list (CML leukemia: bone marrow cancer). Bone Marrow was mentioned but it was for lymphoma not leukemia. I filed an appeal for the Pact Act twice with the VA and they said there would have to be a link between my service connection and the in-service disease. I spoke with my oncologist about this and she said that I have to wait until the VA put leukemia on this list. Someone did make a comment on getting my oncologist and my primary care doctor to find a link to my service connection and the in service disease. I'm going to look into this next week. I just can't believe because I have leukemia cancer and was exposed to toxic while in the Navy and my cancer is not on the list I cannot get the Pact Act. The VA already knows I was exposed to the toxic and I was at desert Storm.

I'm already a 100% PT but was exposed to burn 🔥 pits. I don't need an increase in my rating. What should I do?

So I just found out that the doctor that did my C&P Exam hasn’t not summited my results to the VA Why might that be? I did summit 6 things on one claim.

V.A. denied my asthma, starting because I served during peace time. As a Combat Engineer 12 Bravo. If your training for war is it not the same thing!

I can answer that the easy answer is NOPE! I applied for rhinitis and chronic sinusitis(currently being treated by the VA) one was denied right away they acknowledged that I was in the theater of Iraq/Afghanistan & exposed to burn pits but NOPE my conditions were not caused by my exposure during duty & the other claim has been in "looking at evidence" stage since Oct 2022, if you're not disfigured don't was your time!

I have had 3 cancers since I got out. The VA diagnosed me, treated me and I was even hospitalized for my liver cancer. Get this… liver cancer was service connected but skin cancer and breast cancer was denied at the SAME C&P dr. I was denied for congestive heart failure, liver disease, kidney disease, hypertension and others. I don’t get it.

What is the average percentage rating for pact act claims?

Got a big 0 percent for sinusitis

Pfft. No. They denied my claim. The denial letter stated that I meet the requirements. I went to the DAV to help me with the appeal, even they were confused by the denial.

I have been diagnosed with Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance does the PACT Act cover this? I was a Military Airport Fire fighter (Foam) for 9 years and I was in DS as well.

If you're all ready at 100%, you put in claims for presumptive condition, is the VA going to pay you more compensation?

I had malignant melanoma, it was removed and left me with a painful scar. VA just rated me 0 percent for scar, no mention of the melanoma since it was removed. Took 8 months.

Should you submit for the PACT act if you are already 100% P&T!?!? My first thought was no, however some say that I need to.have a rating for this exposure. Thoughts please....

I am interested to know is a secondary condition (sleep apnea) of a Pact Act-approved, service connected condition (Acute sinusitis) also considered a Pact Act claim as well???

i filed in april and havnt heard a thing

These two ladies are brilliant. Way pro.

Kinda' sad that we are now entitled to benefits from situations from the '60's. In my case all the proof of conditions on hospital records are now destroyed by the hospital after 10 years. Two hospitals with massive amounts of treatment have destroyed their records and now I can't prove the conditions.

The didn't do anything for me. I only got 0% for Rhinitis. I have a lot more wrong with me than that. I lost 20% of my left lung in a thorocotomy surgery. I daw three epidemiologist and all said they have no clue for my problem, but the VA put it down as pneumonia. B.S.

If a person has a 100% rating. Will a person be able to get more money for the new claims? Or can you just ignore the pact act since you already have the 100% rating. Could this new claims knock you down from your 100% rating. I have heard that putting a new claim could reduce your rating.

So what should we do if the effective date say August 10, 2023 and we originally submitted the claim earlier and was denied because that’s what exactly happened to me prior to receiving 100% T&P?

I was approved for my hypertension but with a zero rating. How can I get my C&P exam results?I will file a supplemantal claim.

Iam a 100% prostrate cancer, filed claim. service conected Hypertion O award ??

If you are 100% and file for pact act can you be reduced?

Dad served on board in Johnston Atoll and Vietnam. He filed for Agent Orange and was denied before the 1st set of presumptive conditions were approved in 2021 because Blue Water Navy was not included then. He was able to pursue it again afterwards but was denied because the VA could not locate his ship's locations in Vietnam. I found this odd because even on the link to ships from the VA Agent Orange site, his ship is clearly listed along with locations within 12 nautical miles from shore. Unfortunately, Dad has since passed as well as Mom. Are we as his surviving adult children eligible to pursue the Agent Orange claim in his stead now that Johnston and Guam are included?

I’m already 100% p&t I just got diagnosed with asthma ,0% for rhinitis , hypertension and sleep apnea also got a cpap. Is it worth filing? Thanks

Why does the va not educate veterans on a fully developed claim for approval pact act. All pact act claims require diagnosis.

I filed under the pact act and immediately got a letter back saying they cant find my service records. Just another stalling tactic. It very depressing.

Just got my copd granted if your claim is filed before Aug 19 2023 you will get paid back to Aug. 2 2022

What about Camp Lejeune water

I did get my sinusitis claim approved in July last year a month before the PACT ACT was signed into law. I symptoms have worsen. Do I resubmit the same claim under PACT ACT, is there a certain form I need to fill out to get re-evaluated?

Something else they should look into is all service members stationed in Europe when that Russian nuclear plant accident all that stuff in the air

How do you know if your Pact act is completed and how or where do I see my results

What if I am already 100% will filing another claim for the PACT ACT effect my rating?

I've been denied they say kindly cancer is not caused bt agent orange anything I can

I got 2 years back pay

Just one question....why is the law firm is not talking about people being affected by the contamination at FT. McClellan, AL Given the fact that soldiers are affected by theses toxins while training or stationed at FT McClellan, AL. Why only Camp Lejueng. Simply NOBODY what to talk about FT McClellan, Is it because people get in trouble for that? Up to this point I haven't received an answer.....can you answer the question. ❓

Who do I register

I'm at about 30% of I have tinnitus and radiation exposure from the animal we talked cleanup project

U forgot to say what happens n what financial gains u get if u win yr claim.

would exposure to jet fuel by having it in our ships water supply. Would this fall under the pact act ?

You talked about being in Texas where are you located in Texas and how do we contact you

Great

How much do you charge.

Is hypertension included in burn pits or is it just for agent orange?

The C&P’s have been terrible!

I am 100% PTSD. Law firms in the past, have refused to represent me, because of that. I have filed several PACT ACT claims and the VA have denied all of them up to 07/2023. Because I am 100% how do I expect lawyers to help me with my PACT ACT claims?

So my heart disease (hypertension) is only for Vietnam Vet, what happens to those of us who served in the gulf, again...nothing.

I have a question? What about TBI?

Filed for High Blood Pressure but was denied because blood pressure was not over 160? The reason it is not over is because I am on two different meds to control it for the last 20 years. I guess if I want this I have to go off my meds for 6 months so it will go up? Dumb...

Is okinawa included in the pact act? I was there in 91 and worked inthe ammo dump at camp schwab where we burned trash and old ammo almost daily.

I fail to understand the logic/fairness in the eligibility requirements of the PACT Act in relation to the (1) geographical location of the toxic exposure, (2) era in which a toxic exposure occurred, and (3) the specific type of toxin. In my mind, a toxic exposure is a toxic exposure, regardless of when, where, and specific type of toxin. In 1981, while stationed in Germany, I was exposed to solvent-based Chemical Agent Resistant Coating (CARC). This early version of CARC paint contained lead, hexavalent chromium, and double the amount of VOCs (volatile organic compounds) that the water disbursed version of CARC contained that was used during the Gulf War era. When I called the VA to ask for chemical exposure testing, they told me that I did not qualify under the P-Act for testing because I did not meet the eligibility requirement of geographical location (Germany) and time (1981). What??? I have medical diagnoses from my private physicians showing I have lung nodules, bibasilar acteletasis (collapsed lower lungs), allergic conjunctivitis, nasal polyps and cysts, severe sleep apnea (with a prescription for a CPAP), hearing loss, and tinnitus. I’ll be filing an original claim next month, but I’m not looking forward to the battle ahead with the VA. As a resident of Texas (Cedar Park), I am glad to hear that CC&K is now in Texas.