WASHINGTON — Vietnam War veterans were exposed to open-air burn pits common during deployments, yet benefits for illnesses presumed to be related to airborne toxins does not extend to them under the ...

Occasionally I will have a Veteran stop by the office and tell me they want to file a claim for Agent Orange or file a claim on the burn pits or contaminated water on Camp Lejeune. This is a common ...

President Joe Biden signed the PACT Act Wednesday morning, marking what the White House calls the “most significant expansion of VA health care in 30 years.” The bill had extensive bipartisan support ...

A new study has found that exposure to military burn pits increases the risk of mental health conditions and brain injuries, a finding researchers say could lead to better understanding of those ...

Lawmakers want the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to stop keeping veterans in the dark about which toxic exposure illnesses the federal agency is quietly studying behind closed doors. U.S. Senate ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Army veteran Le Roy Torres describes the threat of burn pits as “the invisible enemy,” a danger he says followed him home from Iraq and continues to shape the lives of ...