[CPEO-MEF] HEALTH, VOCs: "Lejeune vets exposed to toxic water have deadline extended"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Lejeune vets exposed to toxic water have deadline extended


By Patricia Kime
Navy Times
October 7, 2014

The Veterans Affairs Department has extended its deadline for  
veterans to receive reimbursement for medical costs related to  
exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, and  
announced it will start paying out-of-pocket health costs for family  
members with certain health conditions related to drinking toxic  
water at the military base.

Complying with a law passed in 2012 - the Honoring America’s Veterans  
and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act - VA has released two  
announcements clarifying its health care coverage and reimbursement  
policies for illnesses in veterans and family members who lived at  
Camp Lejeune from 1957 to 1987.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.navytimes.com/article/20141007/NEWS/310070073/Lejeune-vets- 
exposed-toxic-water-deadline-extended

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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