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 DC (Damage Controlman) 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
Aircraft Crash Response
PACT Act
High AFFF use and toxic smoke exposure during deployed aircraft crash response.
Burn Pits
PACT Act
Firefighting and emergency response in burn pit environments.
PFAS / AFFF Foam
PACT Act
Repeated exposure to AFFF firefighting foam now linked to several cancers and chronic illness.
Asbestos
Common shipboard asbestos exposure before major remediation efforts.
Chemical Exposure
Combustion byproducts and hazardous material response exposure.
Noise
Engine, impact, and shipboard industrial noise exposure.
Paint / Solvents
Exposure from chipping, painting, and preserving hulls and spaces.
Smoke Inhalation
Inhalation exposure during structural, shipboard, or aircraft fire response.
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 |
| 6847 | Sleep Apnea Syndromes | Medium |
| 9411 | Posttraumatic stress disorder | Medium |