Three new cancer types added to the presumptive list for service connection August 3, 2024 In August of 2022, the PACT Act was signed into law. As part of this legislation, Veterans were given one year to submit their claim(s), or an intent to file, to have their benefits backdated to...
In recent days, VA officials have clarified that the new presumptives covered include 12 types of cancer and 12 other respiratory illnesses linked to burn pit exposure in the Gulf War, the War in Afghanistan, and the War in Iraq; hypertension and monoclonal gammopathy of...