Acute leukemia and other cancers to be covered under PACT Act for veterans who served in Mideast, central AsiaAcute and chronic leukemias and other life-threatening cancers will now be recognized as presumptive conditions for toxic-exposed veterans who served during the past 25 years in Afghanistan, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and across the Middle East, the Department of Veterans Affairs announced Wednesday.
Benefits would be restored for veterans discharged for sexual orientation under proposed court settlementThe settlement would make it easier for veterans to have discharge papers changed to remove references to sexual orientation and ease access to health care, loans and tuition assistance from the Department of Veterans Affairs.