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PACT Act-- Would You Apply? (www.va.gov)

submitted 11 months ago by grasshopper_mouse to c/veterans

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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.

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[–] grasshopper_mouse 1 points 11 months ago

It's all so poorly maintained, it's ridiculous, lol.

Yeah, the VA isn't known for their outstanding record keeping, are they? Not that the military docs are, either. When we were going through our pre-deployment health screening, after filling out the forms, my buddy and I got called in at the same time, in rooms next-door to each other. The doctor walks in and starts in on the the form review and says "How many times have you been pregnant?" and I say "Zero", and she looks at me and goes "Well then why did you put one?" and I said "I put zero", and she checks the name and asks "Are you Sergeant (insert my buddy's name who is in the next room over)?" And I'm like "Nnnooo, she's next door". They had swapped our charts! Such a huge HIPAA violation, man! Lucky for the doctor I knew that about my buddy already, but Jesus.