Find My Toxic Exposure Profile
Select your branch, job, and era to combine job-specific hazards with era-wide PACT Act exposure patterns.
Your personalized exposure summary
Based on your service as a Navy CE (Construction Electrician (Seabee)) during the Post-9/11 Era, you may have encountered both job-specific hazards and era-wide toxic exposures recognized in PACT Act filing strategies.
Job-specific exposures
Burn Pits
PACT Act
Construction or maintenance of waste pits and burn pit perimeters.
K2 Base Contamination
PACT Act
Soil disturbance and dust exposure at contaminated forward sites such as K2.
PFAS Exposure
PACT Act
Potential contact with PFAS-contaminated soil, runoff, and training areas.
Asbestos
Construction, demolition, and renovation work around asbestos-containing materials.
Dust
Concrete, soil, silica, and demolition dust exposure.
Heavy Equipment Exhaust
Diesel exhaust exposure from construction equipment and generators.
Lead Paint
Exposure during scraping, welding, and renovation of older structures.
Post-9/11 Era exposures
Burn Pits
Covered
Open-air burn pit smoke and airborne toxic emissions in covered locations.
Depleted Uranium
Covered
Potential contact with contaminated vehicles, munitions, and dust.
K2 Base Contamination
Covered
Known contamination concerns at Karshi-Khanabad Air Base.
PFAS Exposure
Covered
PFAS/AFFF firefighting foam and groundwater contamination exposure.
Sand / Dust Particulates
Covered
Fine particulate inhalation from desert and FOB environments.
IED Blast Exposure
Blast residue and overpressure from improvised explosive devices.
Presumptive conditions to review
Common PACT Act respiratory presumptive.
Common PACT Act respiratory presumptive.
Common PACT Act respiratory presumptive.
Constrictive / obliterative bronchiolitis
Often associated with burn pit and particulate exposure claims.
Respiratory cancers
PACT Act added several presumptive cancers.
Existing likely service-connected conditions
| DC | Condition | Likelihood |
|---|---|---|
| 5237 | Lumbosacral or cervical strain | High |
| 6260 | Tinnitus, recurrent | High |
| 5242 | Degenerative arthritis, degenerative disc disease other than intervertebral disc syndrome (also, see either DC 5003 or 5010) | Medium |
| 5257 | Knee, other impairment | Medium |
| 6847 | Sleep Apnea Syndromes | Medium |