Camp Lejeune Lawsuits: Understand Your Rights and Options for Health Care, Benefits

The Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022 (CLJA) allows people exposed to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune to file new lawsuits. Veterans and family members who believe they were exposed to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune between August 1, 1953, and December 31, 1987, should contact VA to understand their options for health care and benefits.

You may have seen advertisements from lawyers and law firms seeking to represent you in litigation related to this law. These lawyers, firms and private parties are not connected with VA benefits or services. Whether you decide to seek relief under the CLJA is entirely your decision and will not influence VA’s decision to provide you benefits or health care based upon your exposure. It also will not affect the amount of benefits or health care VA can provide you.

It’s important to know, however, that if you are awarded relief by a court in a lawsuit brought under the CLJA, the award must be offset by the amount of any disability award, payment or benefit VA provided to you or your legal representative related to exposure to water at Camp Lejeune. This would reduce the amount of the award you receive from the court, but it would not affect your VA benefits.

Understand your options: https://news.va.gov/114142/new-measure-camp-lejeune-file-lawsuits/?utm_source=middle&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=VetResources&utm_id=28DEC2022