08/31/2026
The PACT Act and Burn Pit Exposure: What Every Post-9/11 Veteran Needs to Know
If you served after August 2, 1990, you may qualify for expanded VA healthcare and benefits under the PACT Act — even if you've been denied before. Here's what you need to know. Burn pits. If you deployed to Iraq, Afghanistan, or anywhere else the military operated after 1990, you almost certainly know what they are. Open-air trash fires — sometimes the size of football fields — burning around the clock: jet fuel, chemicals, medical waste, ammunition, human waste....
If you served after August 2, 1990, you may qualify for expanded VA healthcare and benefits under the PACT Act — even if you’ve been denied before. Here’s what you need to know. Burn pits. If you deployed to Iraq, Afghanistan, or anywhere else the military operated after 1990, you almost certa...