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  • VA makes several cancers presumptive for service connection – lowering the burden of proof for Veterans to receive no-cost health care and earned benefits

    VA makes several cancers presumptive for service connection – lowering the burden of proof for Veterans to receive no-cost health care and earned benefits

    VA is making acute and chronic leukemias, multiple myelomas, myelodysplastic syndromes, myelofibrosis, urinary bladder, ureter, and related genitourinary cancers presumptive for service-connection for:

  • VA extends presumptions of service connection for three new cancer types 

    VA extends presumptions of service connection for three new cancer types 

    Today, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is including three new cancer types in the list of presumed service-connected disabilities due to military environmental exposure under the PACT Act. This announcement marks the continued commitment under the Biden-Harris administration’s Unity Agenda and the Biden Cancer Moonshot to support the nation’s Veterans.

  •  VA announces expansion of “Close to Me” cancer program as part of the Cancer Moonshot, bringing cancer diagnosis and treatment closer to thousands of Veterans

     VA announces expansion of “Close to Me” cancer program as part of the Cancer Moonshot, bringing cancer diagnosis and treatment closer to thousands of Veterans

    As a part of the Biden Cancer Moonshot, the Department of Veterans Affairs is expanding its Close to Me cancer care program.

  • VA announces steps to increase life-saving screening, access to benefits for Veterans with cancer

    VA announces steps to increase life-saving screening, access to benefits for Veterans with cancer

    VA expands health care and benefits for Veterans with cancer to provide world-class care for over one million Veterans on the cancer care continuum, from screening to survivorship

  • VA and National Cancer Institute announce historic data-sharing partnership to better understand and treat cancer among Veterans

    VA and National Cancer Institute announce historic data-sharing partnership to better understand and treat cancer among Veterans

    The Department of Veterans Affairs announces a historic partnership with the National Institutes of Health’s National Cancer Institute to share cancer registry information.

  • VA to review possible connections between toxic exposures and acute leukemia, chronic leukemia, and multiple myeloma

    VA to review possible connections between toxic exposures and acute leukemia, chronic leukemia, and multiple myeloma

    WASHINGTON — Today, the Department of Veterans Affairs announced that it will conduct a scientific review to determine whether there is a relationship between three conditions

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