Jump ALL the way to the (9:00) mark for spouses. You are welcome.

Enjoyed and learned from the video

Like the information

I had applied for unemployment in 2014 as bronchitis COPD. rinitis made my ability to talk clearly very difficult. Although I was 100% VA disabled the TDIU had not been approved. Now comes the PACT ACT. I WAS awarded TDIU and back pay of nine years plus the medical designation SMC housebound. I told the VA that I worked with caustic acid and other chemicals.

Thank you very much for this information. I served from 1986-2017 and served in Iraq twice. Over the past two years I have been diagnosed with prostate cancer so it looks like this PACT act might be applicable. I’ll send you an email about it and another couple of questions.

Good stuff😊

I get DIC my husband was 100% service Connected Am I eligible for more

Good info! I denied for Sinusitis and Rhinitis a week ago and also was denied back in 2016 same conditions. Deployed in Iraq in 2003 and was discharged from service in 2005, had sinus surgery twice 2006&2009. Reentered service 2009. Deployed again in 2010. At MEPS gave a clearance letter of sinus issue from my Dr.. On denial letter they said it prior service conditions!! Should I do a supplemental claim as part of Pact Act or higher level review?

Regardless of improvement statuses, It is important to help veterans feel free welcome to upgrade any service of fair realness officially knot just some technical luck less fornewable leveled. Any place. Anytime. Anyone.❤

Good info, as usual.

Presumptive conditions all have time limits. So for example Diabetes is a presumption service connected condition under Gulf War Syndrome but it must present within 12 months of separation. That’s what VA told me anyway

Very informative. My husband has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s with Dementia (about 6 years ago), and has been in a state veterans nursing home for the past four and one half years. I have paid for him to be cared for at this facility every month. Am I entitled to any spousal compensation even though he has not physically lived with me during this time? I did care for him for almost 50 years (excluding when he was in Udorn, Thailand in 1972, 73, & 74). We are still married, and as I said, I pay his nursing home bills.

My father was rated by VA for Agent Orange a few months before he died. That was 16 years ago and I am an adult. Does it count for that?

My husband was in agent orange and toxic water he had four different kinds of cancer when he passed away

What about exposer to the chemicals on submarines, such as amine solution and prolonged exposer to dsiesel fuel and fumes for exteneded pereiods of time?

I’ve researched the time periods involved for agent Orange presumptive conditions but cannot find any time limits for claiming such. I currently have not been diagnosed with any presumptive condition (other than hypertension for which I was rated at zero percent) but I am borderline type 2 diabetic and am experiencing several “Parkinson’s Like Symptoms” (for which my claim was denied after a phone call screening examination through a PACT ACT physician). Could this denial be, at least in part, due to the length of time since exposure?

Can I claim Pack Act If my husband water at Fort Dix for drinking water& he had lung cancer

I served at Ft McClellan, Al during 1987. According to reports that came out was that Ft. McClellan was saturated with all kinds of toxins since decades ago. Unfortunately, I have medical issues that where caused by the contamination that was already there but the department of defense, department of the army, department of the VA. Theses departments will not recognize the fact that soldiers are being affected severely by the contamination of theses toxins that we were exposed with, to include radiation because we were receiving training in NBC. The question is what can be done about this situation. Or did we get short end of the stick. Is it only for camp lelung...just for the Marines... what the soldiers. How can soldiers be forgotten. Its just shameful what they are going to the army's soldiers sacrifice.

My husband served in the Gulf War of 1990 operation desert shield desert storm . After he exited the military in 19 96, he died from Bladder Cancer in 2008. Although Metastatic Bladder cancer isn't on the list will his type of cancer be considered presumptive?

Can you explain when already drawing DIC, if a spouse should file PACT claim. What benefit would a widowed spouse gain by filing claim on PACT ACT?

Hi there very thorough video but as a surviving spouse I am going to take this one step further. My spouse was denied benefits for breathing problems in 2009 when he retired. He died a couple of months ago of COPD. In 2004 at his pre deployment they gave him a medical condition of Copd, yup, and 9 days later they deployed him to Iraq, they just told him "use an inhaler" (on paper), I filed for DIC in July, still waiting (submitted personal statement, DBQ, VA medical records, pulmonary tests) everything I knew they would want. Now my question is since COPD is presumptive, can I claim retroactive pay for the denial from 2009? If so, will they take care of it with the DIC claim, or would I have to submit a supplemental claim 0995. Would I just write PACT ACT on the claim, since they got all the evidence from the DIC claim? if I would need to do that(SC) should I wait til I get a decision from the DIC? Everywhere I turn no one can give me a definitive answer. Are you the one that can? Thanks muuuchhh for any help. Sorry that was more than one question, oophs

Would you know how the PACT Act would affect Contractors serving in OIF or OEF?

Spouse of Agent Orange veteran Korea and Viet nan. Has had Prostate cancer,skin rashes, fungus under toe and finger nails, heart problems and Severe Dementia. He passed October 6, 2022 with on going claims for upgrade back to 100% after down grade to 80%. Claim has ongoing for fourteen (14) months. Have paperwork stating paper ; they the “VA MAKE A MISTAKE “ in the decision in denying his house bound status. This mistake was over a year ago, settlement in back payment has not been reached. Clearly the VA sat “ON THEIR HANDS “ to out live the 89 year old veteran in paying his benefits. VA WAS INFORMED OF HIS DECLINE MEDICAL CONDITION, for the last ten( 10). The family paid for six months 24 hour nursing care and memory loss care before his passing. His claims and file is now “CLOSE” as per VA. ALL NEW CLAIM mush be file anew by the spouse for review by VA if any back payments are due!? This review could or may, out live 88 year old spouse, which now in assisted living.

I am glad for the PACT act, but the VA denied so many of these presumptive claims in the past.

I served as a DA Civilian in Iraq from 2005-2006 and our US CORPS OF ENGINEER facility was 500 yards from LSA Anaconda/Balad AB! As a 70% disabled veteran, does the PACT Act cover my toxin exposure as a DA Civilian?

My late husband had a presumptive condition but I'm having difficulty proving that he was exposed to radiation. They've denied if so far and I'm in my final appeal. Please say a prayer for me I lost him in 2011 after only being married for 13 years. He was young only 51 long life ahead of me and it would really help if I won my DIC claim. I'm in Michigan too 😊

My fathers death ( who I was dependent on ) died from confirmed agent Orange exposure - cancer of larynx . I have spins bifida and nurological associated disorders and reproductive disruptions and blood disorders . As a child of a Vietnam vet , can I get help from the pact act ?😅

How long is the wait time for pact act disability claim

My husband died in 1995 from lymphoma but he never served outside of the states he was 28 when he passed 2 years after returning from service we had a child and she was born with an infection around her heart and been battling mental health every since she was 5 seeing things that wasn’t there my husband also had undiagnosed PTSD so we believe that all of things are service connected I want to know can I file a claim as well as my daughter

so the gov is going to give DIC to a widow??

I have been trying to get compensation for my husband who has been deceased for 11 years and said that he was exposed to mustard gas. He died of lung cancer he was in Korean world War 2. Va says they cannot find any evidence and has turned me down several times. Is there any chance of help

Let me tell you something funny My husband was wounded in Vietnam and got a purple heart and PTSD and they only gave me ten percent. Oh he was in agent orange and toxic water at camp lejeune and only lived nine months after he found out that he had cancer and for nine months he recivire a hundred percent

I received survival benefits from Va ,,I turn 60 and now receive my husband social security survivor benefits,,But told couldn’t draw botI got letter back in Dec saying I could apply for DIC ,,And I talked to a V O S guy on phone my husband was navy man He was vet era,,He was on navy boat ,,But believed he never serve over seas ,,And he died hypertension and he was 60 percent rated ,,I believe was for he’s knee ,,But said he had hazard material on ship,, He had neuropathy and gout and always had to go to foot doctor ..A week before he died. He was in hospital for his heart ,,And he died hypertension,,He had list medical issues he was 50 in 2008 ,,Loss don’t no what do ,,or to even file DIC

What about NAF Atsugi and the incinerator? Does that count?

Please send me the list of presumptive condition

Does your veteran spouse have to be 100% diabled or can she be 60% in order for me to collect her disabilty pay

My husband was one that got all the gulf war shots and two of the six experimentsl in ft. leanardwoods. He was 100%>. Whatever they did ...messed me up too. Cant prove it, cant even claim disability. Over 100 allergies. He died eight years ago. I died with him. Last two and a half years...i live in isolation in the country so i dint die. Stopped going to the doctors because they started acting like the VA did. The VA admitted killing my husband. They oversee everything even on civilian doctors. As long as i stay away from people, chemicals, and meds....i live but i dont. The Gov./ VA destroyed our lives. I get DIC, how i survive.

I have acute PTSD. Women vet nam Can cook or looked meat blood . Sent me to nam.

Good day. I am legally married to an American citizen with disability pension from SSA. Were married for almost four and a half years in the Philippines. We live here in the Philippines. Unluckily my American husband died because he had a lot of health issues. My concern is can i get a benefits from him even i never live in USA?

I sent you an email.

hello sir please help me i am filipino same sex common law partner of US RETIRED AIR FORCE died here in the philippines and im just borrowed the money i spent for his need when he was in the hospital until he died

Are you probing lawyer

You can be with a women THO: PTSD😮

EVERYONE GOT A WAR STORY👀

You are like john Mc Cain. When you talk the wring words come out of your mouth.

You live in Sam Nunn and Charles Nunns backyard.

Since you work with veterans, you might be interested in the correct pronunciation of the word VETERAN. It is a 3 syllable word Vet-er-an, not vet-ran. Thank you