VA Secretary Doug Collins has ‘Full Authority’ to Recognize the Once-Mandated COVID-19 Shot as a Toxic Exposure Risk Activity

A combat veteran and federal whistleblower continues to advocate for veterans harmed by former Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s tyrannical enforcement of the 2021 COVID-19 shot mandate.

In a recent article for The Gateway Pundit, Sonny Fleeman described how a “fraudulent” standard operating procedure note within the Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxic (PACT) Act denies vaccines and medications from being considered under the Toxic Exposure Risk Activity (TERA) provision of the act. The PACT Act provides compensation for veterans exposed to toxic substances like burn pits and hazardous chemicals.

Considering the number of adverse side effects he revealed through VA claims, Fleeman is greatly concerned about the VA’s decision to knowingly downplay what the data confirms as it relates to the COVID-19 shot in service members and veterans.

As a result of his efforts to expose the truth, several people have contacted the author of Fleeman’s previous article to inquire whether the VA Secretary has the authority to change the TERA standard operating procedure to allow the harm caused by the once-mandated COVID-19 shot to be included under the PACT Act without congressional action.

The Gateway Pundit reached out to Fleeman to find the answer. Emphasizing that the views and opinions expressed in this article are solely his own and do not reflect the official policies, positions, or views of the VA, the United States Government, or any organization or employer, current or former, with which he is or has been affiliated, the combat vet whistleblower simply replied, “yes.”

He explained, “The VA Secretary does have the legal authority to recognize COVID-19 vaccines as a toxic exposure risk activity, TERA, through a policy change—without the need for congressional approval.”

“Under 38 U.S.C. § 1710(e)(4)(C),” Fleeman pointed out that “a toxic exposure risk activity is defined as either an event recorded in an exposure tracking system or any exposure that the Secretary determines qualifies as ‘reasonably prudent’ to protect veterans’ health.” For Fleeman, “It is reasonably prudent for the VA Secretary to remove this policy because the COVID-19 injections were a mandated exposure, making them an occupational risk by definition.”

“Since this law gives the Secretary full discretion,” he argued, “they could designate COVID-19 vaccines as a toxic exposure risk if they determine it is necessary for veteran health protection.”

The VA already concedes TERA for environmental and chemical exposures based on potential health risks, not just proven harm. Given the documented toxic mechanisms of lipid nanoparticles, spike protein, and DNA contamination, Fleeman said, it is both rational and necessary to recognize these injections under TERA. “Denying this designation is an arbitrary policy choice, not a scientific or legal one,” he asserted.

“At a minimum, veterans who were required to take these shots deserve the same opportunity for medical review and benefits consideration as those exposed to other toxic substances.” The exclusion of vaccines and medications from being considered toxic exposures is nothing more than “fraudulent,” Fleeman argued.

“It’s a procedural directive, not statutory law, meaning the Secretary has the authority to modify or remove it at any time,” Fleeman shared. “If the standard operating procedure were revised,” he said, “vaccine administration could then be examined under 38 CFR § 3.303(a), which requires that exposure claims align with the places, types, and circumstances of a veteran’s service.”

A simple revision would require the VA to recognize COVID-19 injections as a toxic exposure risk activity under the existing framework, forcing claims processors to consider them as a potential cause of service-connected disabilities—even in cases where they were not explicitly claimed, he explained.

“Thus,” according to Fleeman, “the only barrier preventing COVID-19 pseudo vaccines from being classified as a toxic exposure risk activity is the VA’s own policy, which the Secretary has full authority to change,” he said.

The question remains: Will VA Secretary Doug Collins acknowledge the need to recognize COVID-19 injections as a toxic exposure risk activity?

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