Posted on 09/24/2020 1:20:00 PM PDT by onona
The U.S. Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs on Wednesday morning unanimously passed legislation to reform how the Department of Veterans Affairs provides care to service members who face toxic exposure.
"Passage of the TEAM Act out of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee is a positive step to ensure that all veterans are given a fair and uniform process to receive the health care and benefits to which they are entitled following exposure to toxicants during their service,” said Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), who sponsored the legislation, in a statement.
(Excerpt) Read more at taskandpurpose.com ...
22 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1710(e) of title 38,
23 United States Code, as amended by section 101(a), is fur24 ther amended—
8 CAN20721 737 S.L.C. 1 (1) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end the 2 following new subparagraph:
3 ‘‘(H)(i) Subject to paragraph (2), a veteran is eligible 4 for hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care 5 under subsection (a)(2)(F) for any illness if the veteran 6 was awarded any of the following:
7 ‘‘(I) The Armed Forces Service Medal.
8 ‘‘(II) The Afghanistan Campaign Medal.
9 ‘‘(III) The Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal.
11 ‘‘(IV) The Inherent Resolve Campaign Medal.
12 ‘‘(V) The Iraq Campaign Medal.
13 ‘‘(VI) The Southwest Asia Service Medal.
Double whammy for me. I was at Camp Lejeune and in Afghanistan.
hoping mitch doesn’t try to torpedo this the way he’s done with 9/11 first responders stuff in the past
I had to deal with REMFs a lot when I was on the gunboats in Nam. They were (and still are) pretty toxic. I should apply.
Thankfully, I never got to experience burn pits, but plenty of friends did in Iraq, Afghanistan, and earlier in Honduras in the mid-1980’s.
No doubt in my mind Mitch will push back. The price tag in dollars for this will start with a Capitol “T”.
Capital ??
In hindsight, I was so lucky to have done my time in the Cold War Army.
 |
 |
 |
| "I am an American fighting man. I serve in the forces guarding our country and our way of life. I am prepared to give my life in their defense." |
AbnSarge,
Let me know if you want to be added to my Army ping list. I send out occasional pings of military related topics I think fellow Army folks will be interested in reading/knowing.
How often? Perhaps 2-3 times a month, as I try to be judicious in my selections.
Thanks,
G-F
GF,
Sure, sign me up!
(THAT phrase has gotten me into more trouble....)
BTW, that’s me on the far left in Conor MacNessa’s photo
Will do. Where/when was that photo taken?
April 2005, NTC, Fort Irwin on a mountain just west of Main Post. Went up there with my 2nd platoon on a conditioning trek.
Three weeks later we were in Kuwait prepping to move up into Iraq
13: SWAS medal.... Nice.
Now myself and Mrs Bo can access theVA if needed.
Should this pass.
Yep, myself as well. That’s what caught my eye. Time will tell.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.