Nearly 100,000 veterans have filed claims against the federal government for injuries sustained while serving at Camp Lejeune, a North Carolina military base with contaminated water problems for decades. Civilians and the family members of veterans who died from health complications have also filed complaints.…
The U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Navy announced a new payout system for Camp Lejeune survivors on Wednesday. The plan is called the Elective Option, and it is designed to expedite payments to victims who have waited decades to seek justice for their toxic…
More than 93,000 Camp Lejeune toxic water claims have been filed with the Navy since August 2022, but they’ve only begun to process 17,000 of them. Once a claim is submitted, the Navy has six months to resolve it. If they don’t, or if they…
President Joe Biden signed the Camp Lejeune Justice Act (CLJA) into law last August. Legislators included the CLJA bill in the Honoring Our PACT Act, legislation to help veterans affected by toxic exposure. It signaled a victory for the military veterans and their families injured…
Last year, the Camp Lejeune Justice Act went into effect, allowing service members and civilians affected by decades of toxic water contamination at the North Carolina military base to sue the government. Veterans and their families have filed nearly 100,000 claims since then. Due to…
The two-year window that allows victims of Camp Lejeune’s toxic water to make a claim for injuries came into effect last summer and will close next year on August 10, 2024. This means there’s just one year left to file a Camp Lejeune water contamination…
For more than three decades, veterans, their families and civilian workers at Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base drank, bathed in, and cooked with severely contaminated water. Those exposed to the toxic water for a total of 30 days or more have already begun filing Camp…
Last year, President Biden signed the Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022 into law, opening up an extraordinary opportunity for military victims. Over a million people were exposed to contaminated water wells at Camp Lejeune, a Marine Corps military base in North Carolina. The toxic…
Veterans stationed at Camp Lejeune can now sue the government for injuries sustained due to the water contamination at the military base. But veterans may wonder whether they can file a Camp Lejeune claim and still get benefits from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs…
Last summer, Camp Lejeune military veterans and their families received news many had anticipated for years. The Camp Lejeune Justice Act (CLJA) was passed last August, and it allows these veterans to sue the government for health problems they developed due to water contamination at…