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Veterans groups urge faster, transparent PACT Act implementation and oversight of presumptive process
Summary
VSO witnesses told the committees that the Honoring Our PACT Act expanded benefits but that VA's implementation of new presumptive conditions lacks transparency; they urged Congress to oversee the process and press for timely reviews and additional presumptives.
Veterans service organizations told House and Senate Veterans' Affairs committees that Congress and the Department of Veterans Affairs must push for clearer, faster implementation of the Honoring Our PACT Act and for transparent review of presumptive decisions tied to toxic exposures.
Al Lippard, national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, told the committees the PACT Act "was not a 1 and done" and emphasized the statute established a framework for VA to evaluate additional exposures. "We urge Congress to conduct oversight of VA's pre-presumptive process because veterans cannot keep waiting," Lippard said in his testimony.
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