VA to research link between PFAS chemicals and kidney cancerThe move could eventually lead to fast-track disability benefits for thousands of veterans.By Leo Shane III8 months ago
Report: Vets wait decades for help on military toxic exposure issuesAdvocates are pushing for reforms after finding that vets average a three-decade wait for full help with toxic exposure conditions.By Leo Shane III8 months ago
Vets’ PACT Act claims continue to rise, two years after law’s passageMore than 1 million disability claims related to military toxic exposure have been approved in the first two years of the veterans benefits legislation.By Leo Shane III9 months ago
VA to add male breast cancer, two other conditions to presumptive listThe addition of three new cancers to the list of conditions presumed to be caused by military service will speed up disability benefits for some vets.By Leo Shane III11 months ago
VA to ease benefits rules for vets exposed to Agent Orange in the USThe move follows several years of expanded benefits for veterans who suffered toxic exposure injuries while in the military.By Leo Shane III15 months ago
Fire destroys World War II-era blimp hangar in Southern CaliforniaThe hangar was one of two built in 1942 for the U.S. Navy in the city of Tustin, about 35 miles southeast of Los Angeles.18 months ago
