Proactively developing a long-term health care plan can help detect conditions early and treat or lessen the effect of complications resulting from toxic exposure(s). Registry health exams are no-cost voluntary environmental exposure medical exams. VA has several health registries – these include: Agent Orange, Airborne Hazard and Open Burn Pit, Gulf War (includes Operations Iraqi Freedom and New Dawn), Ionizing Radiation, Depleted Uranium Follow-Up Program, Embedded Fragment Surveillance Center.

Veterans may be eligible for disability benefits and/or compensation if they have a health condition that results in disability and was connected to their military service. Some conditions are automatically assume (or “presume”) that military service caused the condition. A presumptive condition is when it’s established by law or regulation.