Veterans’ groups lash out after GOP blocks toxins bill:

[Guno צְבִי]

Veterans’ advocacy groups lashed out on Thursday after Senate Republicans blocked a much-anticipated bill aimed at expanding care for veterans who were exposed to toxins during military service.

Tom Porter, executive vice president of governmental affairs for the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, pointed out that some Republicans who voted against the bill are veterans.

“How can fellow veterans turn their backs, and stab us in the back like that,” Porter said.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...t_fbmsn&cvid=cd6962e2c73a45448e36f7b645a46493

 

[T. A. Gardner]

The problem with a bill like this is that it's so broad and vague about who is included that it really allows just about anyone who was in the service to apply for a disability benefit regardless of how thin the evidence they have. That is, someone can claim a disability or sickness due to service when their disability or sickness cannot be established or linked to that service with any reasonable degree of specificity.

It's this sort of result: I was in Iraq and saw burn pits being used. I've gotten cancer since and it's due to those burn pits. I deserve 100% disability coverage.

 

[Guno צְבִי]

The problem with a bill like this is that it's so broad and vague about who is included that it really allows just about anyone who was in the service to apply for a disability benefit regardless of how thin the evidence they have. That is, someone can claim a disability or sickness due to service when their disability or sickness cannot be established or linked to that service with any reasonable degree of specificity.

It's this sort of result: I was in Iraq and saw burn pits being used. I've gotten cancer since and it's due to those burn pits. I deserve 100% disability coverage.

Remember Agent Orange, how many years did the VA drag it's feet

 

[T. A. Gardner]

Remember Agent Orange, how many years did the VA drag it's feet

Much of the Agent Orange claims were the same sort of scam this will end up being. It's interesting to note that the VA did a long-term study of personnel assigned to Ranch Hand--the operation that used and sprayed Agent Orange in Vietnam. 1174 of 1206 eligible veterans involved in Ranch Hand participated. They had a lower incidence of both cancer and mortality than the general US male population. The only anomaly found was they had a 50% greater rate of pre-cancerous carcinomas an easily treated type of pre-skin cancer.

So, if the most exposed US military personnel to Agent Orange, at a rate thousands to millions of times greater than some random GI, didn't show any increase in the rates of cancer and other diseases (with the one exception noted), why should anyone think that there was some massive increase in these in those exposed to miniscule levels of this herbacide?

The same goes for PTSD. There is a whole cottage industry for this one.

https://www.seankendalllaw.net/faqs...TSD,Exam. During your C&P exam, it’s... More
https://vaclaimsinsider.com/5-tips-to-improve-your-va-ptsd-claim/

It's like claiming a back injury after an accident. You can fake it so easily it's almost laughable.