The Honoring Our Pact Act Addresses The Needs of Those Injured or Killed By An Invisible Enemy

If burn pit toxins in Iraq did not cause cancer, the drinking water at Camp Lejeune probably did

Monday, September 26, 2022 - Veterans from every branch of the military should speak with a Camp Lejeune water attorney for help with filing a claim and also to see if they qualify to file a lawsuit against the federal government. All four branches of the military trained regularly on the base and were exposed from 1953 to 1987 to volatile organic compounds, benzene, and methyl chloride, all possibly carcinogenic substances through their drinking water. Under the second major component of the Act called the Camp Lejeune Justice Act, US marines, civil employees, and their respective family members, and also the surviving loved ones may now sue the federal government seeking lump-sum compensation. Many military veterans had to foot the cost of medical treatment, rehabilitation, and final expenses due to death out of pocket and may now seek reimbursement with the filing of a lawsuit. Veterans also potentially lost millions of dollars of income past, present, and future due to not being able to work because of their cancer disability or premature death. Add to that the monetary value of the pain and suffering the cancer victims had to endure, and also the mental anguish of being deprived of a loving spouse, sibling, or parent, and the amount of a damage reimbursement sought by a Camp Lejeune water lawsuit could be in the tens of millions of dollars.

There are two components to the Honoring Our Pact Act, a new piece of legislation designed to compensate military veterans or their survivors that were injured or killed by the federal government's malicious actions. The first is that military personnel with certain lung diseases meet the presumptive service connection needed to file a claim with the Veterans Administration for additional health services and disability income benefits. The lung diseases stem from exposure to toxins released into the air, water, and soil from waste disposal burn pits used to incinerate trash on military bases in Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere. According to VA Secretary Denis McDonough, "Last year we made promises to fundamentally change and improve how we establish and expedite presumptions -- now we're keeping them. We are taking a new approach to presumptives that takes all available science into account, with one goal in mind -- getting today's Veterans -- and Vets in the decades ahead -- the benefits they deserve as fast as possible." The Honoring Our Pact Act expands the list of cancer that qualifies for additional VA benefits, The respiratory cancers that have been added by the Act to the list of those qualifying for a presumptive service connection are: "squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx, squamous cell carcinoma of the trachea, adenocarcinoma of the trachea, salivary gland-type tumors of the trachea, adenosquamous carcinoma of the lung, large cell carcinoma of the lung, salivary gland-type tumors of the lung, sarcomatoid carcinoma of the lung, and typical and atypical carcinoid of the lung. As technical as this sounds, medical records should show a diagnosis from an independent oncologist of one or more of these diseases to qualify for the additional VA benefits.

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