Entire Families Could File Camp Lejeune Water Justice Act Claims Seeking Compensation For Their Illnesses

Local town hall meetings provide some expert advice for the offspring of those who served at Camp Lejeune and have become sick

Sunday, January 29, 2023 - Town hall meetings seem to be the venue of choice for getting the word out that US Marine Corps veterans and veterans of other branches of military service who served at Camp Lejeune and subsequently developed cancer may file a Camp Lejeune Justice Act claimseeking lump-sum monetary compensation. Civilian employees and the families of all of the above are also eligible to file claims if they become ill. Most claims take the past, present, and future value of lost wages, unpaid medical expenses, and pain and suffering into consideration when arriving at a dollar amount to request in writing. A Camp Lejeune water attorney can help determine the dollar amount, and if your claim is rejected, a Camp Lejeune water attorney may file a lawsuit on your behalf to force a jury rather than the military to decide the matter. Many have been alerted that cancer that they or their loved ones suffered and died from was caused by drinking ordinary tap water at Camp Lejeune during the time 1953 to 1987 and for at least 30 days. Town hall meetings provide answers that the survivors of those who have died from cancer have been looking for. Many survivors have waited for decades and now have a concrete link between their loved one's cancer and Camp Lejeune water contamination, and the military is willing to live up to their obligation and pay.

One woman who is suffering from Parkinson's disease recently attended a Town Hall meeting in Holly Ridge, North Carolina, and told WECT.com news about her individual experience, one not far removed from most. "It means that you're not forgotten because there are people out there that care," said Maria Colemenares, moved to tears after Tuesday's meeting in Holly Ridge. Colemenares learned she may be able to get help for medical conditions she claims developed after living at Camp Lejeune for two months. "We didn't notice a strong smell," said Colmenares. "We bathed in it, we washed with it, rinsed our tools with it and all that," WECT reported. Parkinson's disease is on the list of illnesses that the Veterans Administration (VA) presumes to have been caused by drinking Camp Lejeune water. Damage to her health is not the only health problems her family has suffered as a result of her Camp Lejeune water contamination experience. Ms. Colemenares's son and other children also suffer from debilitating, potentially life-threatening illnesses that may be directly linked to their mother's Camp Lejeune water contamination exposure. WECT interviewed her son after the meeting who told WECT, "She suffers from Parkinson's disease. I have high blood pressure and some were illnesses that were all Lejeune when she was there." The news went on tell that the meeting alerted the family that their illnesses also could be Camp Lejeune water-related. "Anybody who was at Camp Lejeune between August 1, 1953, and December 31, 1987, who consumed that water for 30 days or more, they're eligible to file for that claim as long as they've got a condition that's been diagnosed," said Jason Johns, chair of BMBFC Law's Military Advisory Board."

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