SGT Robert Debartolome7936402<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I have ParkinsonWhy is Kosovo (Camp Bondsteel) not recognized under the burn pit law?2022-10-17T21:52:30-04:00SGT Robert Debartolome7936402<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I have ParkinsonWhy is Kosovo (Camp Bondsteel) not recognized under the burn pit law?2022-10-17T21:52:30-04:002022-10-17T21:52:30-04:00SSG Private RallyPoint Member7936541<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Isn’t Kosovo considered a peace keeping mission correct?Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 17 at 2022 11:32 PM2022-10-17T23:32:51-04:002022-10-17T23:32:51-04:00MSG Private RallyPoint Member7936549<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Read this link. Contact your VA. If your condition is not considered presumptive....well.....<br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="https://www.va.gov/disability/eligibility/hazardous-materials-exposure/specific-environmental-hazards/#:~:text=In%20this%20section-,Exposure%20to%20burn%20pits%20and%20other%20specific%20environmental%20hazards,service%2C%20you%20may%20be%20eligible">https://www.va.gov/disability/eligibility/hazardous-materials-exposure/specific-environmental-hazards/#:~:text=In%20this%20section-,Exposure%20to%20burn%20pits%20and%20other%20specific%20environmental%20hazards,service%2C%20you%20may%20be%20eligible</a>. <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default">
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Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 17 at 2022 11:41 PM2022-10-17T23:41:37-04:002022-10-17T23:41:37-04:00CSM Darieus ZaGara7937127<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>In addition to location of the deployment are the types of burn pits. Look at the link k provided and inquire of the VA rep. If you believe after reading the available information that you should be covered then put in a claim and or exception.Response by CSM Darieus ZaGara made Oct 18 at 2022 7:17 AM2022-10-18T07:17:47-04:002022-10-18T07:17:47-04:00LTC Private RallyPoint Member7981853<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>As an Infantry commander in 08-09 with KFOR10, I recently wrote a memorandum that with the number of dismounted ops my unit ran in the sector (where open burning of waste was a daily occurrence) my Soldier should be considered under the open burn pit law. I have not heard if it was accepted or not. Sorry to hear of your condition and hope that you can get some resolution to your VA claim.Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 14 at 2022 10:31 PM2022-11-14T22:31:20-05:002022-11-14T22:31:20-05:00SGT Private RallyPoint Member7982449<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I don’t recall there being a burn pit at Bondsteel. I could be wrong, but I never saw or smelled one. Now up at gate one in 2011 we were burning our poop and trash like crazy.Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 15 at 2022 8:43 AM2022-11-15T08:43:02-05:002022-11-15T08:43:02-05:00COL Paul Duron8340990<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Why is Camp Bondsteel not recognized under the fire pits law. I have metastatic prostate cancer. I was stationed at Camp Bondsteel in 2003 to 2004Response by COL Paul Duron made Jun 24 at 2023 1:32 PM2023-06-24T13:32:17-04:002023-06-24T13:32:17-04:00COL Paul Duron8341463<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>One of the other Medical Officers deployed with me to Camp Bondsteel works for the VA and still does. I have photos showing a US Army detonation unit preparing munitions about to be detonated outside Camp Bondsteel.Response by COL Paul Duron made Jun 24 at 2023 9:39 PM2023-06-24T21:39:24-04:002023-06-24T21:39:24-04:002022-10-17T21:52:30-04:00