An Update to Cancer Exposure at Camp Lejeune

Cancer Exposure at Camp LejuneIn February of 2016, we notified you that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has acknowledged that exposure to Camp Lejeune’s contaminated drinking water increases your risk for cancer and other medical conditions. Now the rules that will allow potentially thousands of veterans stationed at the base — or surviving spouses — to receive automatic disability benefits if they have been diagnosed with one of eight diseases, have been finalized.

If you or your spouse were stationed at Camp Lejeune for at least 30 cumulative days, between August 1, 1953, and December 31, 1987, and you have been diagnosed with adult leukemia, aplastic anemia, bladder cancer, kidney cancer, liver cancer, multiple myeloma, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma or Parkinson’s disease, you could be eligible for Disability Benefits from the VA. You will have to submit evidence of the diagnosis and service information.

Please be aware, according to the VA, it is currently taking about 133 days to process Disability Claims.

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