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Dear Mr. President and Dr. Biden:

September 9, 2022September 9, 2022 Robert Beckman 13 Viewsbrain injury, brain wound, burn pits, concussion, H.R. 3967, Hyperbaric Oxygen therapy, mental health, opioid, opioid epidemic, OUD, oxygen, PACT Act, pharmaceuticals, post traumatic stress disorder, PTSD, S. 3373, suicide epidemic, Suicide Prevention, TBI, traumatic brain injury, VA, Veteran Suicide, Veterans, Veterans Affairs 6 min read

The following letter was delivered to the White House during the Burn Pit Legislation-signing ceremony. A similar letter was hand-delivered to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Denis McDonough, and is being delivered to the Secretary of Defense, GEN Lloyd J. Austin III. The challenge for the entire US Government, and medicine in general, is to expand the out-dated “standards of care” for brain wounds. That includes recognizing and properly diagnosing those brain wounds. We must teach and act on what science has demonstrated: mental health and wellness depend on a healthy brain. Read more

The PACT Act, Burn Pits, and Next Steps

August 4, 2022 Robert Beckman 29 Viewsbrain injury, burn pits, concussion, H.R. 3967, Hyperbaric Oxygen therapy, mental health, opioid, opioid epidemic, OUD, oxygen, PACT Act, pharmaceuticals, post traumatic stress disorder, PTSD, S. 3373, suicide epidemic, TBI, traumatic brain injury, VA, Veteran Suicide, Veterans, Veterans Affairs 6 min read

Several members of the TreatNOW Coalition, all Burn Pit victims, will be at the White House for the Signing of Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring Our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics, or PACT, Act. Extensive interviews with these wounded, most of them also suffering from TBI/PTSD, reveals that the VA is failing them in actual treatments. Short and variable staffing, lack of qualified specialists, long wait times, over-reliance on drugs, lack of proven protocols, and a myriad of other shortcomings, indicate that Burn Pit victims will have access to care that already has proven to be too often inadequate and lacking in effectiveness, rather than “high-quality integrated health care.” While we applaud the reversal of the VA intransigence on Burn Pits, we will remain vigilant in stressing that the VA expand access to alternative modalities like Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy. Read more

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Burn Pits Protocol

June 2, 2021 Robert Beckman 15 ViewsAgent Orange, Burn pit exposure, burn pits, burn pits protocol, PCS 3 min read

The “presumption of service connection” designation has not been established by the VA for Gulf War Syndrome, nor for damage from Burn Pits. A Bill making its way through Congress dubbed the Veterans Right to Breathe Act seeks to presume a service connection for nine conditions related to veterans’ burn pit exposure.

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