How to Prove the Camp Lejeune Water Contamination Caused Your Disability? 

If you or your family were at the Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base in North Caroline between 1953 and 1987 and now have a disability that you believe was caused by the contaminated water, you may be entitled to compensation through the Department of Veterans Affairs or through the newly passed Camp Lejeune Justice Act. 

The Camp Lejeune Justice Act provides a federal cause of action for compensation for veterans and their family members who spent at least a month at Camp Lejeune. In order to show that the Camp Lejeune water contamination caused your disability, you will need to show three things: 

1. Proof that you served at Camp Lejeune for at least a month between 1953 and 1987
2. A current diagnosed condition; and,
3. A connection between the exposure to the contaminated water and your disability. 

This new federal cause of action also applies to children in utero. The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry found that people in utero whose mothers drank the contaminated Camp Lejeune water were four times more likely to be born with a birth defect. 

Common Illnesses Associated with Camp Lejeune Water Contamination

The Camp Lejeune Justice Act, which is within the Honoring Our PACT Act, provides federal relief for Veterans and family members who were exposed to the contaminated water. Some of the illnesses associated with the Camp Lejeune water include: 

• Lung Cancer
• Bladder Cancer
• Throat Cancer
• Breast Cancer
• Cervical Cancer
• Thyroid Cancer
• Prostate cancer
• Liver Cancer
• Kidney Cancer
• Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
• Leukemia
• Multiple Myeloma
• Cardiac defects
• Myelodysplastic Syndromes
• Other Organ Cancers
• Other Serious Diseases
• Liver Injury/Failure
• Fatty Liver Disease (hepatic steatosis)
• Kidney Injury/Failure/Renal Toxicity
• Parkinson’s Disease
• Systemic Sclerosis/Scleroderma
• Aplastic Anemia
• Cardiac Defects
• Birth Defects 
• Female Infertility
• Miscarriages 

However, there are many other illnesses that may have been caused by the toxic chemicals in the water at Camp Lejeuene and research continues to determine the association between the contaminated water and many other illnesses. If you or your family qualify for seeking federal compensation and have a disability that you believe is caused by the contaminated water you drank and bathed in, give our team of experienced attorneys a call today.