Soldiers watch as smoke rises from a fire in a trash burn pit at Forward Operating Base Caferetta Nawzad, south of Kabul, Afghanistan, in 2011.Photo by Simon Klingert/AP, File

Canadian soldier granted compensation for cancer after Veterans Affairs denied his application

'The evidence demonstrates that the veteran was exposed to an environmental hazard — burn pit chemicals — while serving in Afghanistan'

by · National Post

A Canadian soldier “exposed to hazardous chemicals” from burn pits while serving two tours in Afghanistan has been granted full compensation for testicular cancer after Veterans Affairs initially denied his application.

The former soldier, now a veteran, is not named in a new decision from the Veterans Review and Appeal Board out of Prince Edward Island.

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