280 Veterans were screened for toxic exposures and 400 others were connected with PACT Act-related benefits at the North Texas VetFest.
Battle Creek VA's outreach team crafted a comprehensive communications plan to reach primarily rural Veterans for PACT Act information events.
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More than 1,000 Veterans attended three-day PACT Act claims clinics in Colorado Springs
VA recently joined the Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) on Instagram to discuss PACT Act benefits eligibility. Some of your couldn't make it, or didn't have Instagram access. Here's the recap.
“The PACT Act helps us provide generations of Veterans and their survivors with the care and benefits they've earned and deserve,” said director Michael Kilmer. The PACT Act helps Veterans who’ve had toxic exposures.
Researchers and health care providers met at PACT Act Research Symposium for Veteran Health to discuss toxic exposure illnesses.
More than 3,500 Floridians traveled to St. Petersburg for a VetFest to receive one-on-one assistance with the PACT Act.
The PACT Act, passed in August 2022, expands Veterans’ eligibility to benefits based on the addition of new presumptive conditions and toxic exposure locations. Presumptive conditions are ones VA assumes are related to military service, therefore making it easier for Veterans to connect certain conditions to their military service. As a result, more survivors are eligible for benefits than ever before.
VA will be joining Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) and Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA) for a live broadcast on Facebook, August 2 at 3:30 p.m. EDT, to discuss the PACT Act.
PACT Act resources were presented to Tribal Nations to save travel time and help navigate VA systems. Online services can be difficult for the elderly population.
The PACT Act expands access to VA disability compensation for Vietnam Veterans.