{"id":15323,"date":"2023-06-15T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=15323"},"modified":"2023-06-16T06:48:34","modified_gmt":"2023-06-16T06:48:34","slug":"icymi-video-new-benefits-eligibility-for-veterans-exposed-to-toxins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=15323","title":{"rendered":"#ICYMI Video: New benefits eligibility for Veterans exposed to toxins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>VA recently joined the Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CsrWn88IXT7\/\">Instagram<\/a> to discuss PACT Act\u00a0benefits eligibility. Some of your couldn\u2019t make it, or didn\u2019t have Instagram access. Here\u2019s the recap. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image hd-bcve-wrapper is--youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\" data-id=\"VRpz6_AbzTk\">\n<div class=\"play-button\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video-shortcode\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Wounded Warrior Project Live IG event\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VRpz6_AbzTk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mike Stoddard, WWP\u2019s national service director joined VA\u2019s Steven Miska, executive director PACT Act, and Kate Hoit, communications and outreach lead, PACT Act Enterprise Project Management Office.\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>About half of America\u2019s 18 million Veterans are receiving health care through VA. This is why the PACT Act is so important. If you served from 1955 to the present, in any of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.va.gov\/pact\">areas<\/a> covered by the law and have a diagnosis for a PACT Act presumptive condition, then you should submit a claim right now.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The PACT Act adds to the list of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.va.gov\/pact\">health conditions<\/a> that VA assumes (or \u201cpresumes\u201d) are caused by exposure to toxic substances during service\u2014so called \u201cpresumptive conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn taking the onus off the Veteran to prove that conditions that they are presenting are service related, we can automatically assume it is,\u201d PACT Act Executive Director Steven Miska said. \u201cThe law gives us that flexibility.\u00a0So, it\u2019s really a game changer, and it\u2019s given millions more Veterans the potential to qualify for benefits and possibly for health care.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While there isn\u2019t a deadline to apply for benefits, if you start your \u201cintent to file\u201d before August 9, 2023, and your claim is ultimately approved, VA may be able to backdate your benefits to the date of the bill signing. This means VA will pay you the amount you would have received from August 10, 2022, to the date VA approves your application.<\/p>\n<p>And if you haven\u2019t received a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.va.gov\/pact\">Toxic Exposure Screening<\/a>, we encourage you to get one. All Veterans enrolled in VA health care can receive one. Not enrolled? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.va.gov\/health-care\/apply\/application\/introduction\">Apply now<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Still unsure if you qualify for health care or benefits under the PACT Act?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would say give us a try.\u00a0Go to VA.gov\/PACT. Check it out.\u00a0Look at your presumptive conditions, the location list and figure out if you think you have any of these possible conditions,\u201d said PACT Act Communications and Outreach Lead Kate Hoit. \u201cFor my female Veterans, I want you to know that I personally use VA health care.\u00a0My mom passed away from breast cancer, so I\u2019m now on that list in addition to the being exposed to toxins.\u00a0I get yearly mammograms and screenings [from my local VA hospital], and they are looking at me in a wholistic way.\u00a0Before you cancel us out, give us a shot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about the PACT Act, including details about eligibility, go to VA.gov\/PACT.\u00a0 To learn more about VA\u2019s non-health benefits, including those that help Veterans earn degrees, start careers, buy homes, stay healthy and more, visit Choose.VA.gov.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VA recently joined the Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) on Instagram to discuss PACT Act\u00a0benefits eligibility. Some of your couldn\u2019t make it, or didn\u2019t have Instagram access. Here\u2019s the recap. Mike Stoddard, WWP\u2019s national service director joined VA\u2019s Steven Miska, executive director PACT Act, and Kate Hoit, communications and outreach lead, PACT Act Enterprise Project Management [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":15325,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,435,5,36,37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-benefits","category-chooseva","category-health","category-pact-act","category-top-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15323"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15326,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15323\/revisions\/15326"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}