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Link between environment and armed conflict in africa

Note: Getting a disability rating may also make you eligible for VA health care and other benefits.

Pollutants from a waste incinerator near the Naval Air Facility at Atsugi, Japan.

Hexavalent chromium at the Qarmat Ali water treatment plant in Basra, Iraq.

A large sulfur fire at Mishraq State Sulfur Mine near Mosul, Iraq.

Burn pits and other toxic exposures in Afghanistan, Iraq, and certain other areas.

Here are some ways you may have had exposure to specific environmental hazards: You didn’t receive a dishonorable discharge.You served on active duty in a location that exposed you to the hazard, and.You have a diagnosed illness or other health condition that’s caused by exposure to a specific toxic hazard in the air, soil, or water, and.

You may be eligible for disability compensation if you meet these 3 requirements.