Veterans, military dependents, and civilian contractors who worked at Camp Lejeune or lived in base housing at the Marine base between August 1, 1953, and December 31, 1987, might be able to receive compensation, health and disability benefits as a part of the camp lejeune lawsuit, if they are diagnosed with cancer, Leukemia, neurological disorders or other illnesses caused by the toxic water at Camp Lejeune. If legislation progresses as expected in the U.S. Senate, they may also be able to bring a Camp Lejeune water contamination lawsuit.
The list of medical conditions caused by the toxic water contamination, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, includes the following:
- 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
Our firm is also investigating Parkinson’s Disease claims. Currently, the federal government has not officially included Parkinson’s Disease as one of the compensable medical conditions, but U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), the illnesses and diseases connected to Camp Lejeune’s toxic water include Parkinson’s disease. Senator Blumenthal has been fighting for tens of thousands of veterans and their family members who have sustained “very legitimate, serious claims for injuries” caused by water contamination at Camp Lejeune.
Hi, my name is Michael Siravo and I am the Managing Attorney here at Parker Waichman. And I’m a former Marine. I served in the Corps from 1986 to 1990. In that time, I was stationed at Camp Lejeune, among other bases.
We, here at Parker Waichman, handle a host of different types of cases in Personal Injury and Mass Tort, but this particular situation is one that was important to me as a former Marine. Learning that former Marines and their family members suffered these types of injuries, was deeply disturbing to learn about.
I take great pride in the fact that the firm is going forward with these cases, and is trying to get the type of recovery that you and your family deserve.