Cutting research funding is an easy excuse for not paying for service-connected follow-on problems later in life. If the research isn't there to support a claim, then it's easy to dismiss veteran health problems. This is what we get when we elect spoiled cowards with way too much money to a position of power. May I remind everyone this administration is led by a draft dodger, and now our health and benefits are slowly being eroded away in the name of government efficiency. Below is a quote from the article that stuck out to me the most.
"In addition to the provisional personnel cuts, the VA also appears to be canceling contracts for research on veteran suicide, opioid addiction, cancer and illnesses related to burn pits."