Department of Veterans Affairs June 25, 2014 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announces the establishment of the Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry. The registry is voluntary and open to eligible Veterans and Servicemembers who may have been exposed to airborne hazards by serving as members of the Armed Forces in one or more of the locations in the Southwest Asia theater of operations [as defined in 38 CFR 3.317(e)(2)], on or after August 2, 1990, or on or after September 11, 2001, to include Afghanistan or Djibouti. The registry will support efforts to ascertain and monitor the health effects in eligible Veterans and Servicemembers who were possibly exposed to open burn pits, toxic airborne chemicals and fumes, and other airborne hazards such as particulate matter (PM). Eligible Veterans and Servicemembers do not have to be enrolled for VA health care in order to participate in this registry.