Iraq and Afghanistan Burn pits vs Vietnam burn Barrel's human waist feces?

[Buck52]

A weird question I realize it  but just asking?

but could a Vietnam Veteran that had to burn human feces while in Vietnam  come down with a condition from burning this stuff in barrels with adding diesels fuel,  would that be  basically the same as the burn pits  criteria in IRAQ? 

I know we had to do this from time to time in Nam.

but is the Vietnam Veteran covered as like the GULF WAR VETERANS ARE.??

Anybody know?

[ShrekTheTank]

I would sure think they should file for it.  The other issue we had was burring of tires and other things which should never be burned.  

Anytime you are around FUEL of any kind it can cause issues with your breathing.  The military told us this so we would avoid it and then told us to burn it in the open to sanitize.  To me it is on then as they knew the dangers and had us do it anyway.  

[GBArmy]

I totally agree with Shrek. No question we burned feces and used diesel fuel in Nam.. No question those are two things that were/are burned in the Gulf, both currently and earlier. Definitely file for it. It would take some digging but studies now would show the harm they are now causing and since it is same/similar stuff as Vietnam, I'll bet you can find a doc who would make the nexus for a Vietnam veteran with similar symptoms. Need to access journals/study papers and contact the scientists/med folks making those studies.