You may be eligible for disability compensation payments on a presumptive basis if you meet all of these requirements. These requirements apply to Veterans, Reservists, and National Guard members.
Both of these descriptions must be true:
You served at Camp Lejeune or MCAS New River, North Carolina, for at least 30 days total between August 1, 1953, and December 31, 1987, and
You didn?t receive a dishonorable discharge when you separated from the military.
And you must have a diagnosis of 1 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
Breast cancer
Esophageal cancer
Female infertility
Hepatic steatosis
Leukemia
Lung cancer
Miscarriage
Multiple myeloma
Myelodysplastic syndromes
Neurobehavioral effects
Non-Hodgkin?s lymphoma
Renal toxicity
Scleroderma
Evidence shows a link between these conditions and exposure to chemicals found in the drinking water at Camp Lejeune and MCAS New River during this time.
I highly recommend that you file a claim via the VA and once that is complete and a percentage has been assigned that you file a claim directly to the Navy JAG Corps Claims Management Portal
https://clclaims.jag.navy.mil/ and avoid the ambulance chasers that will charge you 40% of your claim to do something you can do yourself. If you have any question please feel to contact me via PM.
Ed Kaatz
Service Officer
Disabled American Veterans
Camp Lejeune water contamination health issues
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