PACT Act

Monthly meetings at the Robley Rex VA are part of VA’s nationwide PACT Act awareness campaign rollout aimed to introduce the new law to Veterans.

In March, VA will host 40 events nationwide to educate Veterans about the benefits and health care available to them as a result of the PACT Act.

March 20, 2023, marks the 20-year anniversary of the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF).

Veterans are getting help filing claims for benefits and services they’ve earned at a series of local events nationwide.

Join the Bob Woodruff Foundation on April 5 at 3 p.m. EST for an online panel discussion. Experts from VA and the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) will discuss the historic expansion of benefits and health care provisions in the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act.

The PACT Act expands benefits, health care, and services to Veterans and their survivors, who were exposed to environmental toxins such as Agent Orange in Vietnam, burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other herbicides or radiation exposures in other places around the world where Veterans served.

VA will be publishing the PACT Act Performance Dashboard every other Friday to measure the implementation of PACT Act and showcase its impact on Veterans and survivors.

Kansas City VA hosted its first PACT Act Town Hall during VA's “PACT Act Week of Action.” Event at new clinic was a one-stop-shop event on all things PACT Act.

Have you seen television commercials, social media posts, or other advertisements from companies telling you to “act now” to claim your Camp Lejeune or PACT Act benefits?

VA’s Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) is hosting on-site and virtual hiring fairs in February and March that are designed to connect job seekers with positions related to the PACT Act, the new law that may make Veterans exposed to toxins while serving eligible for benefits and care. The fairs are part of VA’s PACT Act initiative to hire processors to handle the many claims that have been submitted since the PACT Act became law in August 2022.

VA has launched a new webpage that shows the number of Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry participants by state and congressional district.

PACT Act events across America were held to explain to Veterans what the historic law could mean for them and their family members.