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VA May Finally Expand Disability Benefits For Camp Lejeune Veterans
(By - Lynne Peeples, www.huffingtonpost.com)
The Department of Veterans Affairs announced plans on Monday to begin revising how it grants disability benefits for veterans who lived at Camp Lejeune, a Marine Corps base in North Carolina, during the 30-plus years that toxic chemicals tainted the base’s drinking water. The VA’s move to establish “presumptive status” for these exposed veterans – that is, to presume that specific illnesses diagnosed in certain vets are a result of their military service – should eventually make it easier for them to win benefits. Read more…
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