The Honoring Our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act is a piece of legislation that will provide improved benefits and health care to veterans suffering from toxic exposure, including Agent Orange and burn pits, as well as expand exposure-related research, resources, and training. The bill, when passed, would do the following:

- Expand VA health care eligibility to post-9/11 combat veterans, which is estimated to include more than 5 million toxic-exposed veterans
- Create a framework for the establishment of future presumptions of service connection related to toxic exposure
- Add 23 burn pit and toxic exposure-related conditions to VA’s list of service presumptions
- Expand presumptions related to Agent Orange exposure to include Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Guam, American Samoa, and Johnston Atoll
- Expand presumptions for radiation-exposed veterans at certain locations between certain years.
- Strengthen federal research on toxic exposure
- Improve VA’s resources and training for toxic-exposed veterans
- Invest in VA claims processing, VA’s workforce, and VA health care facilities


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0:00 Introduction
0:35 Overview of the PACT Act
2:22 Expand VA Healthcare for Toxic Exposure Veterans
3:55 Add 23 Presumptive Conditions Related to Toxic Exposure and Burn Pits
6:35 How Will VA Effective Dates Work?
8:47 Expand Agent Orange Presumptive Conditions and Locations List: Thailand, Loas, Cambodia, Guam, etc.
13:18 Creating a Framework for Adding Future Presumptive Conditions
16:03 Expanding Toxic Exposure Research: Gulf War Illness, MUCMI, TBIs, Fort McClellan, etc.
18:16 Camp Lejeune Contaminated Water Lawsuit
19:58 Chronic Conditions Among Gulf War Veterans
21:49 Improving VA Resources and Training (e.g., Automatic VA Claims Processing)
24:08 Closing Thoughts

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