glioblastoma, the same terminal brain cancer that killed president biden's son, beau, who spent a year serving in iraq. then candidate biden brought up the issue of burn pits at a 2019 town hall. >> because of his exposure to burn pits -- and mind you, i can't prove it yet. he came back with stage 4 glioblastoma. >> reporter: at least 230 burn pits were used at bases in iraq and afghanistan. one of the largest, balad air base where a ten-acre trash heap was burning 24 hours a day seven days a week. in 2015 an inspector general report called it indefensible that u.s. military personnel who are already at risk fighting overseas were put at further risk from the use of open-air burn pits. >> i kept saying my husband is going to die before you even give him a yes or a no. >> reporter: to get help from the v.a. jason howard and other suffering veterans have to first provide a direct service connection between their ailments and burn pit exposure. jason's paperwork is still being reviewed. >> it should not be left to veterans to dig in their own pockets, to do their own research, to hire the

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. >> reporter: within months doctors found the source, glioblastoma, the same terminal brain cancer thatng in iraq. then candidate biden brought up the issue of burning pits in a 2019 town hall. >> because of the exposure of burn pits, i can't prove it yet, he came back with stage four glioblastoma. >> reporter: one of the largest, ballad air base where a pit was burning 24 hours a day, seven days a week. and the u.s. personnel already at risk were put at further risk from the use of open-air burn pits. >> i kept saying my husband is going to die before you even give him a yes or a no. >> reporter: to get help from the va, jason howard and other suffering veterans have to first provide a direct service connection between their ailments and burn exposure. jason's paperwork is still to be reviewed. >> it should not be left to their own pockets to hire their own lawyers to prove they were exposed. >> reporter: new york's kirsten gillibrand hope to make it easier in order to qualify for help from the va. >> if you get any diseases any cancers that are linked to toxins that were emitted that

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