[CPEO-MEF] HEALTH, VOCs: Camp Lejeune (NC) vet gets partial disability

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Former Lejeune Marine receiving partial disability due to water 
contamination

HOPE HODGE
Jacksonville Daily News (NC)
October 28, 2009

A former Camp Lejeune Marine who received partial disability benefits 
because of exposure to contaminated water on base believes other 
veterans should go to their doctors to get their claims substantiated.

John Hartung of Waukesha, Wis., was awarded a 30-percent disability from 
the Veterans Benefits Administration last month after his doctor drafted 
and signed a "nexus letter" verifying his medical belief that Hartung's 
ailments were more likely than not caused by exposure to toxic water.

Hartung was stationed at Lejeune for six months in 1977 and said he "got 
sick right away" after exposure to base water, which contained 
significant amounts of leaked solvents including TCE and PCE between the 
1950s and the 1980s. Hartung said he developed large cysts on the back 
of his neck as well as chronic fatigue and was discharged from the 
Marine Corps in 1978 because of continuing medical problems.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.jdnews.com/news/disability-69320-partial-veterans.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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