Marine vets sought who served at Camp Lejeune

January 26, 2017

Marines who served there from '53 through '87 may be eligible for benefits if they developed Parkinson's disease or certain cancers linked to contaminated water

York County Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking local Marine Corps veterans who developed Parkinson's disease or certain types of cancer as a result of drinking contaminated water at Camp Lejeune between 1953 and 1987, according to a news release.

Marine vets, or their surviving spouses, may be eligible to receive compensation if the veteran served at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina from Aug. 1, 1953, through Dec. 31, 1987, and developed one of the following:

• Adult leukemia
• Aplastic anemia and other myelodysplastic syndromes
• Bladder cancer
• Kidney cancer
• Liver cancer
• Multiple myeloma
• Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, or
• Parkinson's disease

A federal agency found several years ago that the water system at Camp Lejeune was contaminated with benzene and industrial solvents dating back to 1953.

For more information, contact the York County Department of Veterans Affairs at 717-771-9218 or by email at yorkvet@yorkcountypa.gov.

http://www.eveningsun.com/story/news/2017/01/26/county-seeks-area-marine-vets-who-served-camp-lejeune-1953-through-87/97084420/