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Volpe spent 14 months collecting his wife’s medical records before he applied for compensation via the Camp Lejeune Family Member Program (CLFMP), hoping at least the federal government would cover her medical care. Although the VA found Mathews eligible for the program, her claims were denied for three illnesses that the program covered, with the excuse that the conditions came on too late, or that there are other known causes. And her claim was denied despite the Sauk County Veterans Affairs office helping with her CLFMP paperwork. Sandy Diech, with the VA office, suggested that examiners with the CLFMP who review the paperwork are to blame. "When you look at the (CLFMP) and what it does and doesn't do, is it really helping our veterans' families?" Deich rhetorically asked the news station. "Are these people there for the benefit of the veteran or for the program?"
Camp LeJeune Jury Trials Denied
And jury trials for the plaintiffs have been ruled out. The North Carolina federal court overseeing litigation over water contamination at the Camp Lejeune military base denied the service members' attempt to appeal an order that struck down their bid for jury trials, saying that it's not an issue that warrants appeal. Four U.S. District Court judges in North Carolina said in February (and reported by Law360) that victims of past water contamination at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune are not entitled to jury trials in their lawsuits seeking damages from the federal government. The consolidated litigation comprises about 1,500 lawsuits claiming that water on the North Carolina military base contained excessive levels of chlorinated solvents and other contaminants, causing bladder cancer, kidney cancer, lymphoma and a host of other diseases (see below).
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The VA presumes a connection with:
- Aplastic anemia
- Adult leukemia
- Bladder cancer
- Kidney cancer
- Liver cancer
- Myelodysplastic syndromes
- Multiple myeloma
- Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
- Parkinson’s disease
- Breast cancer
- Esophageal cancer
- Female infertility
- Hepatic steatosis
- Lung cancer
- Leukemia
- Miscarriage
- Neurobehavioral effects
- Renal toxicity
- Scleroderma