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veteran wins appeal for brain cancer to be treated as service related in landmark case
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- New Zealand veteran Bob Pearce won landmark appeal for brain cancer linked to burn pit exposure in Iraq (2017).
- First time a condition linked to burn pit exposure accepted as service-related in New Zealand.
- Over 3,500 NZDF personnel served in Afghanistan, several hundred in Iraq.
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