New Study Links More Cancers to Camp Lejeune Water
Posted by Gregory M. Rada | February 01, 2024 | Disability Compensation
For decades, the story of Camp Lejeune, a military base in North Carolina, has been shadowed by concerns over water contamination. Recently, a comprehensive government study has shed new light on the health impacts faced by those who lived and worked there during the mid-1970s and ’80s. This blog post delves into the findings of this study, exploring the link between the contaminated water at Camp Lejeune and an increased risk of certain cancers.
Current Presumptive Disabilities
The VA already recognizes the following medical conditions as presumptively service connected to Camp Lejeune contaminated water:
- Adult leukemia
- Aplastic anemia and other myelodysplastic syndromes
- Bladder cancer
- Kidney cancer
- Liver cancer
- Multiple myeloma
- Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
- Parkinson’s disease
New Cancers Linked to Camp Lejeune Water
But now, a new government study has found an association between Camp Lejeune water and the following cancers:
- Male breast cancer
- All myeloid cancers, including a type of blood cancer called polycythemia vera
- Myelodysplastic and myeloproliferative syndromes
- Esophagus cancer
- Voice box cancer
- Thyroid cancer
- Soft tissue cancer
- Marginal B-cell lymphoma
- Some types of lung cancer
Remember, VA has not yet made any of these cancers presumptive, so to win a claim for service connection for these cancers, there would need to be a medical nexus opinion linking these cancers to your exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune. But with this new study, obtaining such a nexus opinion should be much easier.
Conclusion
New scientific research is coming out all the time showing the extent of damage caused by Camp Lejeune water. If you have a medical condition you think was caused by Camp Lejeune water, even if it’s not on the presumptive list, there is a chance you can receive service connection and disability compensation. Reach out to me today if you want to talk.
