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cpamomfromtexas

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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.

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burn pits... [View all] 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