The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) launched the Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry in June 2014 to better understand the long-term health effects of exposure to burn pits and other ...

Marine Amy Folwell was out snowblowing about six weeks ago in the Rochester winter, when suddenly she didn't feel so great.

The PACT Act promises to help more veterans by making the process of getting benefits easier. 12 on your side investigates if ...

Rep. Eugene Vindman (D-Va.), himself a veteran, said he couldn’t support a bill “that would cut $23 billion from care for ...

More than a decade ago, the Department of Veterans Affairs faced national furor because thousands of claims for monthly ...

“Basically, everybody who was deployed over there was exposed in some way to a burn pit.” The only thing standing in the way of a Veterans Affairs’ registry now, however, is the VA itsel ...

Since November, VA officials have screened more than 1 million veterans for health issues related to things like burn pit smoke and chemical contamination. 2 years ago Biden urges vets to apply ...

The lawsuits are the first coordinated effort by plaintiffs to extract damages for the claimed health effects from the burn pits. The military has acknowledged the concerns but said its own test ...

Many veterans who deployed after 1990 can join the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Burn Pit Registry, which is a way to document their concerns about exposures to burn pits and other airborne ...

The lawsuits are the first coordinated effort by plaintiffs to extract damages for the claimed health effects from the burn pits. The military has acknowledged the concerns but said its own test ...