2025 Toxic Exposure Risk Survey Results Summary
Your service in the U.S. military may impact your health! The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs presumes certain disabilities, diseases, and conditions are directly related to the unique set of circumstances required by military service.
In an effort to connect veterans to their earned benefits, including healthcare options, NDVS is inviting veterans to take an “exposure risk” questionnaire to connect veterans to a Veterans Service Officer.
Go HERE to take the questionnaire.
In 2025, there were 1,111 responses to the survey! Below is a summary of the results.
- The NDVS website was the top place veterans accessed the questionnaire (48.24%)
- Army was the largest branch of service (29.21%).
- Active duty was the most common form of service (average over 50% per branch).
- Infantry was the most cited job in the Army at 16.00%, Signals and Communications, Air Defense, Armor, Electronic Maintenance, Intelligence, Law Enforcement, Medical, and Transportation were the second most cited jobs in the Army, and all Other various jobs were the least cited jobs in the Army at 4.00%.
- Aircraft Carrier Support and Guns/Weapons Systems were the most cited jobs in the Navy at 30.00% and Boatswain’s Mate, Force Protection, Loadmaster, and Mine Neutralization Systems were the least cited jobs in the Navy at 10.00%.
- Aircraft Loadmaster was the most cited job in the Air Force at 12.50% and the second most cited jobs were in Health Services, Air Transportation, and Material Management at 8.33%: the least cited jobs in the Air Force were Airborne Operations, Logistics, Military Training, Paralegal, Avionics, Civil Air Patrol, Computer Systems, Electrical, Fire Protection and Fuels and Refueling at 4.17%.
- Air Control and Engineman were the most cited jobs in the Coast Guard at 33.33%.
- Camp Lejune was the # 1 most cited stationed assignment with 6 veterans being stationed for a duration of assignments ranging from 60 days to 4 years and Nellis AFB was the 2nd most cited stationed assignment with 3 veterans being stationed with assignments ranging from 24 to 43 months.
- Most veterans surveyed served during the Vietnam War (25.42%).
- Most veterans surveyed were not awarded a combat badge, ribbon, or medal, meaning they did not serve in combat (88.33%).
- Most veterans surveyed have been diagnosed with a service-connected disability or disease (59.62%).
- Anxiety (14.81%), Headache (11.11%), Diabetes Mellitus 2 and Cardiovascular signs and symptoms (7.41%) were the most cited service- connected disabilities.
- Only 29 out of 54 veterans surveyed have been rated by the VA for service-connected disability (53.70%).
- The disability rating of 10 % (35.71% of respondents) was the most common, 100% disability rating (17.86% of respondents) was the 2nd most common, and 70% (10.71% of respondents) was the third most common disability rating surveyed.
- Most veterans surveyed receive a monthly monetary benefit from the VA (54.72%).
- Most veterans surveyed receive healthcare from the VA (64.15%).
- Most veterans surveyed do not have a disability claim in process (66.04%), but for those who do, most have claims that are not supported by NDVS (88.33%).
- Most veterans surveyed were not interested in hearing from a VSO (47.73%) but 23 out 44 respondents were interested in being contacted by a VSO (52.27%).
- Most veterans surveyed were interested in being added to the VIS (65.79%).
