{"id":9886,"date":"2023-08-08T20:54:13","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T20:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rosen-testing.senate.gov\/?p=9886"},"modified":"2023-08-08T20:54:14","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T20:54:14","slug":"ahead-of-pact-act-one-year-anniversary-rosen-encourages-eligible-nevada-veterans-to-sign-up-for-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/es\/2023\/08\/08\/ahead-of-pact-act-one-year-anniversary-rosen-encourages-eligible-nevada-veterans-to-sign-up-for-benefits\/","title":{"rendered":"Ahead of PACT Act One-Year Anniversary, Rosen Encourages Eligible Nevada Veterans to Sign Up for Benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Claims Made By August 9 Can Receive Benefits Backdated To When The Bill Was Signed<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>LAS VEGAS, NV <\/strong>\u2013 Today, ahead of the one-year anniversary of the bipartisan <em>Honoring Our Pact Act <\/em>becoming law, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) urged all eligible veterans suffering from toxic exposure to <a href=\"http:\/\/va.gov\/PACT\">file a claim<\/a> ahead of the August 9th deadline to receive retroactive benefits backdated to the bill\u2019s signing. This bipartisan law has extended Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care and benefits to veterans suffering from a wide range of illnesses, injuries, and disabilities as a result of exposure to toxins such as Agent Orange in Vietnam, burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other chemical or radiation exposures in places where veterans have served.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI was immensely proud to help pass the bipartisan PACT Act one year ago to make sure every Nevada veteran who was exposed to Agent Orange, burn pits, and other harmful chemicals can finally access the benefits and health care they deserve,\u201d <strong>dijo el Senador Rosen.<\/strong> \u201cPACT Act claims made by August 9th can receive up to a year of backdated compensation to when this bill was signed into law, and I encourage every eligible veteran in Nevada to file theirs as soon as possible. I will continue working every day to support Nevada\u2019s veteran community\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Rosen-backed <em>Honoring Our PACT Act<\/em> has:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Expanded VA health care eligibility to all Post-9\/11 veterans exposed to burn pits and other toxic substances, which includes more than 3.5 million toxic-exposed veterans;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Created a framework for the establishment of future presumptions of service connection related to toxic exposure;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Added 23 toxic exposure-related conditions to the VA\u2019s list of service-connected presumptions;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Expanded presumptions related to Agent Orange exposure and the locations where exposure may have occurred during the Vietnam War;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Strengthened federal research on toxic exposure;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Improved VA\u2019s resources and training for toxic-exposed veterans; and<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Prepare al VA ya los veteranos para el \u00e9xito invirtiendo en el procesamiento de reclamos del VA, la fuerza laboral del VA y las instalaciones de atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica del VA.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Any veteran concerned they may have been exposed to toxins during their service can get help by visiting a local VA facility, calling the Department of Veterans Affairs at 1-800-698-2411, or by filing a claim online at<a href=\"https:\/\/linkprotect.cudasvc.com\/url?a=http%3a%2f%2fwww.VA.gov&amp;c=E,1,DkmnaXnWjuRRmX5SLU3JGSu2bLH7TxrQc7CBKx953-y1-JPL6yMtvE5qNhZz-UH2i9CnpiRkys0dRZjieN2qU_dtQlpFPimyVOaxRDo9Qag,&amp;typo=1\"> www.VA.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Claims Made By August 9 Can Receive Benefits Backdated To When The Bill Was Signed LAS VEGAS, NV \u2013 Today, ahead of the one-year anniversary of the bipartisan Honoring Our Pact Act becoming law, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) urged all eligible veterans suffering from toxic exposure to file a claim ahead of the August [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[18,23],"class_list":["post-9886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press_release","tag-health-care","tag-veterans"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - 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