Summary of VA Claim For Exposure To Environmental or Military Occupational Hazard
The video discusses how to establish exposure to environmental or military occupational hazards for service connection, specifically focusing on the Toxic Risk Exposure Activity (Terror) claim for non-permanent disability.
- The speaker, Dwayne Kimble, emphasizes the importance of relying on all available sources of evidence to verify exposure, including military personnel records, service treatment records, personal statements, buddy statements, unit histories, news articles, lay evidence, and the Veterans Health Administration's military exposure site.
- The video provides examples of how exposure can be established based on job duties and circumstances during military service, such as performing fuel system maintenance duties or being exposed to jet fuel or diesel fuel.
- The speaker highlights the VA's website resources, specifically the M21 D1 manual and the Public Health Occupational Hazards page, which provide detailed information on various hazards and their potential health effects.
- Examples of hazards discussed include jet fuel, diesel fuel, and vibration, with information on possible health effects and how exposure can be articulated in a personal claim or during a Compensation and Pension exam.
- The speaker encourages veterans to educate themselves on these topics and use the information provided to support their claims for exposure-related disabilities.
Speakers
- Dwayne Kimble, United States Army veteran and retired VA rating specialist.
Notable Quotes
— 00:50 — « okay everyone this is the first time that I covered this particular topic so Im going to take you to the vas website and share some information with you okay Im going to try to keep it super simple so it doesnt get too confusing. »
— 03:03 — « These nuggets are really going to start to fall okay so it says important concede exposure to the claimed environmental or military occupational hazard if the statements provided by the veteran and or others are consistent with the facts, places, and circumstances of the veterans service. »
— 09:01 — « now if you file a claim this way and you get to the compensation and pension exam you at third base the way you bring it home come here and read this and thats how you read articulate to that examiner based on that sentence I just read to you huge nugget. »
— 12:51 — « its a nugget because you know how long you were exposed to it was it daily was it weekly was it monthly and guess where youre going to put that information in your person statement where guess where else youre going to talk about it when you get to the CMP exam. »
Category
Educational