Disability OK’d in 1 Lejeune water case

[unhappycamper]

Disability OK’d in 1 Lejeune water case
The Associated Press
Posted : Thursday Oct 29, 2009 21:20:56 EDT

JACKSONVILLE, N.C. — Marines exposed for decades to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune are getting encouragement to pursue individual disability claims while they wait for Congress to extend Veterans Affairs health care services to everyone affected.

John Hartung of Waukesha, Wis., was awarded a 30-percent disability benefit from the Veterans Benefits Administration last month with help from a Web site devoted to aiding Marines and their families exposed to toxic drinking water, The Daily News of Jacksonville reported.

Water supplied to Camp Lejeune’s main family housing areas was contaminated by dry cleaning solvents and other sources from the 1950s to the 1980s. Health officials believe as many as 1 million people may have been exposed to the toxins trichloroethylene or perchloroethylene before the wells were closed 22 years ago.

Hartung’s doctor stated in a letter to veteran’s compensation board that Hartung’s ailments were more likely than not caused by exposure to toxic water.

“My doctors believe me 100 percent and are behind me 100 percent,” Hartung said.


Rest of article at: http://marinecorpstimes.com/news/2009/10/ap_marine_lejeune_water_disability_102909/

[HillbillyBob]

1. I guess it just goes to show just how much our elected

jerks 'care' about those who serve the country.
Instead of fighting the clean up and giving exceptions to polluters, the polluters should be required to clean up the mess or better yet to have never made it instead of being given cover.
I supposed its 'good' that these folk affected by institutionalized poison are getting disability, it would have been better to have done something about the poison long ago instead of ignoring it until the afflicted take them to court where it will cost even more to the tax payer, instead of voluntarily doing the right thing long ago.