VA will hold a virtual listening session Nov. 7 from 1:30 to 3 p.m. ET to hear public feedback on its plan to assess the scientific literature and past claims data on certain medical conditions and military environmental exposures.
We are at capacity for verbal comments during the session. To provide input for future reviews or feedback on VA’s plan, attendees may share comments in the meeting chat or email them to VHAMILEX-HOME@va.gov.
On July 26, 2023, VA posted a Federal Register Notice on an assessment for service members deployed in the Southwest Asia theater of operations, Somalia, Afghanistan, Iraq, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen and Uzbekistan.
Session aims to allow individuals to share comments
During the listening session, VA will hear public comments on its plans to conduct a scientific assessment on the possibility of a relationship between acute leukemias, chronic leukemias and multiple myeloma outside of the head and neck, exposure to fine particulate matter from airborne hazards and open burn pits, and future reviews.
This session aims to allow individuals to share their research, input and comments on these medical conditions and military environmental exposures. Participants can also share their recommendations on other health conditions that would benefit from review.
The listening session will be recorded and transcribed, and include closed captioning.
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By the way:
“Secretary McDonough will answer questions from Veterans
for a special Veterans Month Townhall on Nov. 8, 2023, at
1 P.M. here on our Facebook channel.”
Notice what is missing with this? No links on both face book post.
That will go out at the last minute if at all. As they already pre-selected
who will be allowed to question him.
Ive tried to ask questions over many of these. Its been rigged for
years to be one sided. Look, “Happy VA”, all is well with us. No
complaints. Just like at the War Horse Symposium. They all but
gagged Jon Stewart as he sheepishly backed away from them in
the question sessions.
This isnt free speech, its one sided throttled media from our on
high dictators looking down on us. Do as your told, you have no real
say, only the wealthy have value. Very George Orwell.
I would know, since December 2022 its a full clamp down in the media
to play down vet stories. VA ran with that to make the PACT act sound
like it worked. Tens of thousands of rejections a year later and they
dont want to talk about that. All is well. If you are from 2003 to present.
1990 to 2003 its a shut out. Unless your terminal cancers.
26 years of doing this advocacy work. Served on a VA federal advisory
committee in 2008. Technically Im a global subject matter expert and
world famous in 2003 for opposing deployment of troops to Iraq. While
the Sec of VA Denis McDonough was the White House chief of staff that
under George W. Bush happy to send them. Mission Accomplished. As
we backed out of Iraq and Afghanistan. Thousands of needless amputations
and TBI’s living a lifetime or misery so the wealthy could play economics.
$2 trillion wasted America could have used else where.
Veterans are treated as nuisance now. Wars over. Used us up. Now its time
to run us off. Veterans day is a very sore point with me. Throw a small parade,
give the vet a free meal. For a few minutes we matter. Then 365 days of being
people with no constitutional rights. Sub citizens. Its not fair. Im a combat vet
and my neighbors, law enforcement value the local meth heads more.
Today Sec of VA Denis McDonough will sit smugly in his chair, and know he is
above the law and untouchable. Like Al Capone. Enjoying his tainted notoriety
and able to sleep just fine at night. While the rest of us fight every day in pain
for our lives knowing no one cares. He probably relishes that thought like a
vicious narcissist. How dare we ask him for anything. I would know, I confronted
him at 810 Vermont street and got a blow off after a photo shot with him. Even
after I told him about the 2 years of email I sent him.
Went to Register at Webex, and it said 404 error. Does not exist. Notice I’m right here at the right location writing this public comment.
Didn’t matter, you were not going to let me attend and certainly not let me comment.
Unfair censorship and discrimination. But, that’s the new VA. Where some vets are more equal than others. Thanks to Sec of VA Denis McDonough and his nazi executive staff.
when will they allow for ships over 12 mile limit to be included in agent orange as the spray was airborne and knew no boundaries?
While active duty, I was assigned with special ops unit that was deployed/TDY to numerous locations in Asia. I was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma this year and believe that in the early 80s, those country was still third world and burn pits was around. Can this location part of being toxic exposure?
Will there be a video of this session available for those unable to attend the live session.? Thank you.
Why hasn’t anyone pushed for toxic exposure for those that were exposed at Ft. McClellan Alabama???
I was diagnosed with non-hodgkins lymphoma last year and have other things happening to me because of the exposure.