PACT Act Helps Veterans Exposed to Burn Pits
PACT Act Helps Veterans Exposed to Burn Pits
PACT Act Helps Veterans Exposed to Burn Pits
The PACT Act is a law that expands VA health care and benefits for Veterans exposed to burn pits, Agent Orange, and other toxic substances. It also extends eligibility for VA health care for Veterans with toxic exposures and Veterans of the Vietnam, Gulf War, and post-9/11 eras. Before the law, the Department of Veterans Affairs denied 70% of disability claims from Veterans impacted by burn pit exposure.
Lauren Boebert Voted against the PACT Act, which has since granted benefits to nearly a million Veterans impacted by toxins While serving our county.
Trisha Calvarese, the Democratic nominee running against Lauren Boebert in Colorado’s Fourth Congressional District, released this TV ad.
The ad features Danielle Robinson, the widow of U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson. SFC Robinson was exposed to burn pits and cancer causing toxins during deployments to Iraq and Kosovo. When he came home, he was diagnosed with a rare form of lung cancer. SFC Robinson passed away in 2020. Thanks to the advocacy of Danielle, her mom Susan Zeier, a UAW retiree, and thousands of others, Congress passed the historic Honor Our PACT Act in 2022, delivering resources and health care access to the thousands of veterans exposed to toxic burn pits as a result of their service. The bill was named in honor of SFC Robinson.
WATCH OUR TV AD
Danielle Robinson, the widow of U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson, talks about how Boebert's behavior at the State of the Union, and how her vote against the PACT ACT Impacted her family.

The PACT Act expanded presumptive conditions and access to care, but important gaps in diagnosis, treatment, and family health outcomes remain. Burn Pits 360 is a veterans' organization that maintains its own independent, confidential registry to better document veterans' exposure.