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00:00 - Introduction
00:25 - SFC. Heath Robinson Honoring Our PACT Act of 2022
02:04 - When Can I Apply for PACT Act Benefits?
03:21 - Agent Orange/Burn Pit Effective Dates
04:03 - Conclusion

On August 10, 2022, President Joe Biden signed into law a groundbreaking toxic exposure bill that affords veterans their earned health care and disability benefits under the Department of Veterans Affairs. the SFC. Heath Robinson Honoring Our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics - or PACT Act of 2022. The bill affords veterans their earned health care and disability benefits under the Department of Veterans Affairs.

The bill is known as the SFC. Heath Robinson Honoring Our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act of 2022 - or the PACT Act. It was named in honor of SFC. Heath Robinson of the Ohio National Guard who had served in Kosovo and Iraq. In 2020, Robinson passed away from lung cancer, which he believed was due to toxic burn pit exposure.

This bill will:

Expand VA health care eligibility to Post-9/11 Combat Veterans, which includes more than 3.5 million toxic-exposed veterans.

Adds 23 burn pit and toxic exposure-related conditions to VA's list of service presumptions.

Adds two presumptive conditions related to Agent Orange exposure, including Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance; and Hypertension.

Adds new geographic locations where service members are presumed to have been exposed to Agent Orange, including American bases in Thailand and Royal Thai Air Force Bases, Cambodia, Laos, Guam, American Samoa, and Johnston Atoll.

Adds new locations where service members were presumed to have been exposed to toxic radiation, including veterans who participated in these response efforts: B-52 bomber nuclear weapon incident in Palomares, Spain; and a B-52 bomber nuclear weapon incident in the vicinity of Thule Air Force Base, Greenland.

Each of these toxic exposures, whether from burn pits, agent orange, or radiation, has specific geographic locations and time frames detailing where and when the veteran served to establish that the presumption of toxic exposure applies.