A deadline for veterans to receive PACT Act benefits is approaching
One year ago on Capitol Hill, veterans advocates, including comedian Jon Stewart and activist John Feal, fought to get the PACT Act across the finish line.
Cindy Aman was one of the millions of veterans exposed to the pits, but the Veterans Administration initially denied her claims. Burn pits were a primitive answer to get rid of heaps of garbage in places like Iraq and Afghanistan — garbage including batteries, human waste, chemicals and more. The PACT Act ensures veterans like Aman get automatic coverage for 23 illnesses linked to exposure, without having to prove how they got sick. Now, the same people who pushed to get the PACT Act to the president's desk are trying to get another message out.
There’s no deadline to get PACT Act benefits, but there is a deadline of Aug. 9 to qualify for retroactive benefits going back to last year.
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