According to the VA, an estimated four million veterans who were deployed in the last 30 years were exposed to burn pits, which emit dangerous toxins.
An estimated four million veterans who were deployed in the last 30 years were exposed to burn pits, according to VA Secretary Denis McDonough, who is urging veterans who may have been affected to file claims with the department.
"We've got a long way to go and we won't rest here in this building until we've reached every one of those vets, made sure they know what they qualify for, we get them signed up and we get that process going," McDonough said. "We're running a process, an analysis facility by facility, to say, what do they currently need there?" he said."What will additional vets coming in as a result of this law need? And we're out hiring very aggressively to fill those needs." "Knowing that those 3.
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