On August 10, 2022, President Biden signed the PACT Act, a new law that gave thousands of veterans sickened by toxic environmental exposure access to VA healthcare. Less than two months later, on October 1, the VA opened enrollments for…
An audit by the VA’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) showed that about 37% of disability benefits claims related to toxic water exposure at Camp Lejeune were processed incorrectly. As a result, thousands of veterans’ claims were underpaid or not…
On July 26, 3M subsidiary Aearo Technologies filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Indiana in an attempt to handle the hundreds of thousands of claims of hearing loss from defective earplugs. The company also announced its intentions to create a…
Thousands of Marines, Reservists, Guardsmen, and their families were exposed to toxic water on the U.S. Marine base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina between 1953 and 1987. The water supplies were contaminated by multiple sources, leaking dangerous chemicals like trichloroethylene,…
Over a 34-year period, thousands of U.S. Marines and their families were exposed to incredibly dangerous and toxic water at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. Between 1953 and 1987, tainted water wells supplied thousands of Marine families that drank, bathed in,…
Veterans cannot sue the military branch in which they served for any injuries or illnesses directly related to their service. This, however, doesn’t mean that Veterans cannot pursue claims against private contractors or foreign governments involved in State-sponsored terrorism. Often,…
U.S. District Judge M. Casey Rodgers shut down 3M’s bid for an order to make more than 180,000 earplug plaintiffs pay filing fees. On Tuesday, April 5, 3M filed a motion requesting more plaintiffs in the administrative docket pay filing…
A new bill that would expand VA benefits to Veterans affected by burn pits is headed to the United States Senate. On March 3, the U.S House of Representatives passed the Honoring Our Promise to Address Toxics Act which will…
A growing number of aging Veterans has The Department of Veterans Affairs re-examining the budgets for senior Veteran-care programs. The agency is expanding several programs that will allow senior Vets to age in their homes or live in home-like settings…
The House Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Rep. Mark Takano, D-Calif., has published an online survey, asking Active Duty and Retired Veterans to detail any effects they may have experienced regarding toxic exposure while serving in the military. The survey is…