Veterans Affairs Giving Benefits to Marines Exposed to Toxic Water

Posted on Jun 22, 2010

The U.S. Department of the Navy says that more research is needed to connect ailments suffered by Marines who served at Camp Lejeune and their families who lived there to decades of water contamination, yet the Department of Veterans Affairs has begun awarding benefits to a few Marines who were based at Lejeune.

It's estimated that as many as a million people were exposed to the water from the 1950s to the 1980s. The water was laced with trichloroethylene, known as TCE; tetrachloroethylene, known as PCE; benzene and other volatile organic chemicals. While the Department of the Navy , which oversees the base, is funding continuing research on the issue, in some cases the VA has acknowledged that as likely as not, some Marine veterans' ailments were caused by drinking and bathing in poisonous water.

If you have been exposed to toxic chemicals and are filing for disability contact a Veterans Disability Attorney. Many times without the help of a disability lawyer individuals who should not get denied benefits are denied multiple times. Help yourself by getting a disability attorney who will work for you while you work on keeping yourself healthy. Contact the Veterans Disability attorney at Rutter Mills, 757.622.5000.