Several Questions Pertain To Everyone Wishing To File A Camp Lejeune Water Lawsuit
The Camp Lejeune Justice Act lays out the criteria each potential plaintiff must meet at a minimum to file a lawsuit
Tuesday, October 4, 2022 - Local VFW and American Legion Meeting Halls and other military veteran's organizations are being inundated with callers with questions about the Camp Lejeune Justice Act and whether or not they qualify to file a lawsuit. The questions usually pertain to whether the specific illness the potential plaintiff has or has died from qualifies, to whether the relationship one had to the diseased qualifies them as a "loved one." Others are concerned that the benefits they are receiving from the VA will be reduced or eliminated if they file a lawsuit. Finally, most people want referrals to a Camp Lejeune water attorney for help filing their lawsuit. The answers to these and other questions are straightforward, however, one should start by realizing that filing a Camp Lejeune water lawsuit does not guarantee a successful outcome. Some specifics make a positive outcome more likely like having suffered from or died from one of the types of cancer that is on the Veteran's Administration's list of illnesses, cancer in particular, that are presumed to be service-related. People who lived, worked, went to school, or played at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina for a total of 30-days from 1953 to 1987 and drank the water there regularly are presumed to have developed "adult leukemia, aplastic anemia, and other myelodysplastic syndromes, bladder cancer, kidney cancer, liver cancer, multiple myeloma, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and Parkinson's disease," according to the VA.
That's step one. If cancer you or a loved one has or has died from is not on that list it does not mean that you can not file a lawsuit. It only means that you must prove causation between drinking contaminated Camp Lejeune water and the disease, an issue a Camp Lejeune water attorney can resolve quickly. As far as the referral to a Camp Lejeune water attorney is concerned, a reputable lawyer should be able to guarantee that you will not pay legal fees upfront, nor any if a favorable outcome is not achieved. The law firm assumes all of the costs of building an individual case for the plaintiff based on his/her unique situation and also foots the bill for court costs. Needless to say, the lawyer generally thinks you have a good case if he/she is willing to take accept you as a client after an initial interview. Having a copy of your military service and medical records can prove if you were on the base during the time in question and the type of cancer you were diagnosed with. Once those criteria are satisfied it is up to the Camp Lejeune water attorney to set a dollar figure on the damages you incurred. Each person is different, but most have suffered a loss of wages, past, present, and future, and also out-of-pocket medical expenses. Thousands of servicemembers were denied benefits in error when filing a previous cancer claim because the administrative staff failed to ask about specific cancer the veteran was diagnosed with. Finally, the Veterans Administration has assured servicemembers that there is no penalty for simply filing a lawsuit, however, the amount of income they are receiving could be reduced by the amount awarded to them in a lawsuit.
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