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veterans affairs
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Since 2012 and the passage of a law related to Camp Lejeune contamination, few claims have been approved for care regarding Camp Lejeune toxic water contamination. Last year, the VA admitted that the denial rate was above 95% for all Camp Lejeune claims processed through the VA. While that rate may be softening a bit, complaints continue.
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The Department of Veterans Affairs today announced that it will start the process of amending its regulations to establish presumptions of service connection for certain conditions resulting from exposure to contaminated drinking water at the U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina.
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The following is the agenda (and notes) from the most recent CDC/ATSDR Camp Lejeune Community Assistance Panel phone meeting on March 30, 2015. The agenda items are below, with specific notes added from Gavin. More information will be added as certain questions and concerns are addressed. Draft protocols and other information for the Cancer Incidence Study and the Soil Vapor Intrusion analysis will be forthcoming in upcoming posts.
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A new behind-the-scenes look at the VA appeared in a recent USA Today article entitled Probes of Veterans Health Care Often Not Released to Public. What we don’t know is often more troubling than what we do know!
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One of the missions of Civilian Exposure is to provide resources to help shed light on studies and progress regarding Camp Lejeune water contamination. For those seeking to dig deeper into the history of the contamination, plus receive updates from the Marine Corps, this site has some additional information that may be useful: