Something that just recently came out as an initiative At the VA. The hyperlink is attached. The Veterans Affairs Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry is now available to help servicemembers and veterans report exposures to airborne hazards such as burn pits, oil well fires and other forms of pollution and document their health problems. Advocacy groups for servicemembers who believe they have developed illnesses from working and living near burn-pit disposal sites in Iraq and Afghanistan noticed Thursday they could log in and register on the VAs public health website, according to a report in the Military Times. Eligible veterans and servicemembers include those who served in: • Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation New Dawn • Djibouti, on or after September 11, 2001 • Operations Desert Shield or Desert Storm • Southwest Asia theater of operations on or after August 2, 1990 publichealth.va.gov/exposures/burnpits/action-plan.asp
Posted on: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 01:42:55 +0000