Hello fellow veterans! My question concerns the PACT Act, and I was wondering if anyone here had any experience with this?
I served during OIF from '05 - '06. I was exposed to burn pits and regularly burned things in barrels (although it was trash, not human waste or anything), however I’ve suffered zero long-term effects that I’m aware of, and it’s now been 17 years (holy shit, time flies) since then. I’m reading that veterans should apply “just because”, but I don’t want to be the person that clogs the already overburdened system, and hell, it’s been 17 years and nothing has cropped up, so I assume I’m fine.
Should I enroll even though I have no issues? It’s unclear to me if they’ll even accept a claim if someone has no issues (and why would they accept it, right?). The deadline is August 9th.
even if you have no symptoms now, it’s not impossible that they’ll still pop up later in life, even after all this time.
I’m far from the person you should take advice from on this, but no one else replied. it doesn’t sound like signing up for this without any active condition will add much burden. it sounds like, if you’re taking clear, the only thing you’d get out of this is a screening for relevant health conditions, and the option to recurve specific care related to this later.