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Javaman

(64,652 posts) Mon Jul 17, 2023, 09:05 AM Jul 2023

burn pits...

I have a close friend whose husband was just diagnosed then quickly operated on with a brain tumor.

he's 54. He was in Iraq and I know hew was around burn pits.

just fuck war. just fuck it all.

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burn pits... (Original Post) Javaman Jul 2023 OP

It ain't good for nothing. KentuckyWoman Jul 2023 #1

A lot of heavy metal in the smoke from those pits. They've known how dangerous they are since ... marble falls Jul 2023 #2

a glioblastoma? ChazII Jul 2023 #3

don't know yet. he went into surgery on Friday. Javaman Jul 2023 #4

Have them file with VA NOW! cpamomfromtexas Jul 2023 #5

kicking back to the top. n/t ChazII Jul 2023 #6

KentuckyWoman

(7,295 posts)

1. It ain't good for nothing.

Reply to Javaman (Original post)

Mon Jul 17, 2023, 09:22 AM

Jul 2023

marble falls

(68,894 posts)

2. A lot of heavy metal in the smoke from those pits. They've known how dangerous they are since ...

Reply to Javaman (Original post)

Mon Jul 17, 2023, 09:32 AM

Jul 2023

... Viet Nam.

ChazII

(6,448 posts)

3. a glioblastoma?

Reply to Javaman (Original post)

Mon Jul 17, 2023, 09:40 AM

Jul 2023

My son passed from a glioblastoma.

Javaman

(64,652 posts)

4. don't know yet. he went into surgery on Friday.

Reply to ChazII (Reply #3)

Mon Jul 17, 2023, 09:43 AM

Jul 2023

I am truly sorry for your loss.

cpamomfromtexas

(1,450 posts)

5. Have them file with VA NOW!

Reply to Javaman (Original post)

Mon Jul 17, 2023, 01:01 PM

Jul 2023

Due to the PACT Act, he will most likely be declared 100% disabled, and if he doesn't make it, his wife will be eligible for Dependent Indemnity

I know this because I lost my husband to Pancreatic Cancer, now presumptively linked to his service due to the PACT act signed by President Biden.

More has been done for military survivors than ever before.

Now to allow military survivors to remarry without penalty (only 5% ever remarry).

Best wishes for your friend.

ChazII

(6,448 posts)

6. kicking back to the top. n/t

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Mon Jul 17, 2023, 02:18 PM

Jul 2023

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