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How Veterans and Their Families are Suffering from Camp Lejeune Water Contamination Health Issues
Those who served at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina may have had contact with contaminants in the drinking water.
Scientific and medical evidence has shown an association between exposure to these contaminants during military service and the development of certain cancerous and non-cancerous diseases later on.
Those who have qualifying service at Camp Lejeune and a current diagnosis of one of the qualifying conditions may be able to get compensation.
Soldiers, workers, and families diagnosed with any of the following conditions after being stationed at the Camp Lejeune, North Carolina military base from 1953 through 1987 can finally get justice!
Are those impacted eligible for compensation from the Veterans Administration (VA)?
Those impacted may be eligible for compensation if they meet all of these requirements.
Those impacted may include:
- Veterans
- Reservists
- Guardsmen
Both of these must be true:
- They served at Camp Lejeune for at least 30 cumulative days from August 1953 through December 1987, and
- They didn’t receive a dishonorable discharge when they separated from the military
And they must have a diagnosis of one or more of these presumptive conditions:
- Adult leukemia
- Aplastic anemia and other myelodysplastic syndromes
- Bladder cancer
- Kidney cancer
- Liver cancer
- Multiple myeloma
- Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
- Parkinson’s disease
Victims, their families, and survivors need to file a claim for compensation and provide this evidence (supporting documents):
- Military records showing service at Camp Lejeune for at least 30 days from August 1953 through December 1987 while on active duty, or in the National Guard or Reserves, and
- Medical records confirming a diagnosis of 1 or more of the 8 illnesses on the presumptive conditions list (see above)
Are Veterans and their family members covered for health care?
Yes, veterans who served at Camp Lejeune for at least 30 cumulative days from August 1953 through December 1987—and their family members—can get health care benefits.
Those may receive out-of-pocket health care costs reimbursement that was related to any of these 15 conditions:
- Bladder cancer
- Breast cancer
- Esophageal cancer
- Female infertility
- Hepatic steatosis
- Kidney cancer
- Leukemia
- Lung cancer
- Miscarriage
- Multiple myeloma
- Myelodysplastic syndromes
- Neurobehavioral effects
- Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
- Renal toxicity
- Scleroderma
How can a Marine Corps retiree get his or her medical records?
Medical records may be received by contacting the National Personnel Records Center.
The National Personnel Records Center, Military Personnel Records (NPRC-MPR) is the repository for personnel, health, and medical records of discharged and deceased veterans of all services while they were in the military.
NPRC-MPR also stores medical treatment records of retirees from all services and records for dependent and other persons treated at naval medical facilities.
To the extent allowed by law, information from the records is made available upon written request (with a dated signature).
Requests must contain sufficient information to locate the record–this information includes
- Complete name as it appears on the service records
- Service number or social security number
- Branch of service, and
- Dates of service.
Date and place of birth may also be helpful, particularly if the service number is unknown.
If the request pertains to a record that may have been involved in the 1973 Records Center fire, also include the place of discharge, last unit of assignment, and place of entry into the service, if known.
Send the written request to the following address:
National Personnel Records Center
Military Personnel Records
9700 Page AvenueSt. Louis, MO 63132-5100
The NPRC-MPR Web site has additional information. Its address is www.archives.gov/facilities/mo/st_louis/military_personnel_records.html
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