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What the Camp Lejeune Justice Act Means for Camp Lejeune Victims

What the Camp Lejeune Justice Act Means for Camp Lejeune Victims

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

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Soldiers, workers, and families are coming forward thanks to the Camp Lejeune Justice Act legislation

In response to the reports of severe health conditions suffered by those on the base, Congress acted by passing two specific pieces of legislation that opened the door for justice and made compensation available to those affected.

H.R.1627 - Honoring America's Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012 was the first piece of legislation specifically designed to improve the living conditions of all those affected in the following ways:

  • Healthcare matters;
  • Housing matters;
  • Retroactive benefits;
  • Homeless matters;
  • Education matters;
  • Memorial, burial, and cemetery benefits; and,
  • Other business-related benefits.

The second piece of legislation–referred to as H.R.2192 - Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2021–stated that affected individuals were eligible to sue and recover damages for harmful exposure to contaminated water.

The house resolution also prohibited the federal government from asserting immunity and protection from litigation in response to those lawsuits.

The Shield Legal Network encourages soldiers, workers, and families of the toxic groundwater poisonings from Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina to take advantage of the Camp Lejeune Justice Act.

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How can they get these benefits?

They’ll 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)

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 Avenue
St. 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

The Shield Legal Network encourages soldiers, workers, and families of the toxic groundwater poisonings from Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina to take advantage of the Camp Lejeune Justice Act.