Important News Regarding Burn Pit Exposure
After many years, the VA has finally recognized a published list of medical conditions that are related to veterans who served in certain areas and were exposed to open air burn pits or burning oil fields.
If you served in Afghanistan, Djibouti, Syria, and Uzbekistan during the Persian Gulf War, from September of 2001, to the present, or the Southwest Asia theater from August of 1990, to the present, and have one of the following conditions, you are now thankfully covered under the presumptive list, which includes: asthma, rhinitis, or sinusitis. If you previously had a claim denied for one of the listed conditions but served in the covered areas, you should contact the VA to ensure they reopen the claim.
While the listed conditions are now presumptive, many other conditions can be (and have been) linked to burn pit exposure and oil field fires. If you believe you now suffer from a condition as a result of exposure and have been denied, please contact us to discuss your options.
A sample list of other conditions includes:
Asthma
Autoimmune disorders, such as Lupus
Bladder Cancer
Chronic B-Cell Leukemias
Constrictive Bronchitis
COPD
Diabetes, Type II
Hodgkin’s Disease
Hypertension (High Blood Pressure)
Ischemic Heart Disease
Lung Cancer
Multiple Myeloma
Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
Parkinson’s Disease
Prostate Cancer
If you had a claim denied for one of the non-presumptive conditions, contact us to discuss filing an appeal.