According to Government Executive, “The Veterans Affairs Department is quickly outpacing its expectations for processing new claims made through a law designed to provide health care coverage to veterans exposed to toxic substances, but [VA] Secretary Denis McDonough said Tuesday there may be more to come.”
The PACT Act expanded VA benefits eligibility to veterans exposed to burn pits overseas and to handle the expected influx in new claims from eligible veterans, the VA “went on a hiring spree” according to the article.
Read more about The PACT Act on Wolf & Brown’s NJ Vet-Wire.