The bill is named for deceased Ohio National Guardsman Heath Robinson, who died from cancer as a result of toxic exposure during his military deployments.
FILE - In this April 28, 2011, photo, an Afghan National Army pickup truck passes parked U.S. armored military vehicles, as smoke rises from a fire in a trash burn pit at Forward Operating Base Caferetta Nawzad, Helmand province south of Kabul, Afghanistan. Congressional bargainers have announced a deal on legislation to boost health care services and disability benefits for veterans exposed to toxic burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan. WASHINGTON, D. C.
It took four years for the VA to acknowledge that her respiratory issues were service-related and provide her with disability benefits. Biden said his son, Mayor Beau Biden, lived near a burn pit during his service in Iraq and died of brain cancer at age 46. Biden described how “cancer from prolonged exposure to burn pits ravaged” Robinson’s lungs and body.
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