By Marcari, Russotto, Spencer & Balaban | Published October 15, 2018 | Posted in Veterans Injuries | Tagged Tags: Camp Lejeune water contamination, Maureen Sullivan, water contamination at U.S. military bases | Comments Off on DoD Names 126 Bases Worldwide as Potential Camp Lejeune Water Crises Spots
DoD Names 126 Bases Worldwide as Potential Camp Lejeune Water Crises Spots
Last March, the Department of Defense issued a report to the House Armed Services Committee that cited for the first time the full scope of the water contamination problem on U.S. military installations across the globe. Water at 126 military installations was found to contain levels above the Environmental Protection Agency’s acceptable standards for perfluorooctane Read More
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VA Disability Issues for Veterans in Need of Knee Replacements
Military service makes many demands on those who are willing to sacrifice for our country. But the service is downright brutal on service members’ joints. In 2011, Stripes reported that military deployment puts troops at risk of osteoarthritis at a higher rate and at a younger age than the general population. Military training and active Read More
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Agent Orange Benefits Granted for Vietnam Vets Stationed in Thailand
Marcari, Russotto, Spencer & Balaban recently received an award for Agent Orange benefits for a veteran stationed in Thailand. This veteran was stationed at the Nakhon Phanom Air Force Base. Based on the presumptive conditions laid out by the VA, Vietnam veterans who served along the perimeters of military bases in Thailand anytime between February Read More
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Four Theories About the High Rate of Veteran Suicides
Writing recently in The Washington Post, military author Thomas E. Ricks attempted to answer why so many veterans continue to take their own lives at a higher rate than their civilian counterparts. Relating several anecdotes about military acquaintances who committed suicide, he notes that the suicide rate for veterans has increased 35 percent since 2001. Read More
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Opioid Addiction Crisis Taking Heavy Toll on Veteran Population
Last October, Reuters reported some alarming facts about how the current opioid crisis sweeping the nation is affecting the veteran population. Key assertions in the story included: Opioid drug abuse has killed more Americans than the Iraq, Afghanistan and Vietnam wars combined. Veterans are twice as likely as nonveterans to die from accidental overdoses of Read More
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VA to Study Vietnam Vets’ Risk of Parasite-Related Liver Cancer
The Department of Veterans Affairs is planning a large-scale epidemiologic study to determine whether Vietnam-era veterans stationed in Southeast Asia are more likely to develop an aggressive liver cancer linked to common parasites from the area. The study follows a small pilot program by researchers at the Northport VA Medical Center, which tested 50 local Read More
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U.S. Dept. of Labor Judge Rules Military Burn Pits in Iraq Caused Civilian Contractor’s Illness
In a case that could prove helpful to U.S. veterans of the Iraq and Afghan wars, a judge in the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office for Workers’ Compensation Programs found that open-air burn pits could have caused a military contractor’s illness, and therefore her employer and its insurance company are liable for her medical bills. Read More
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Study Raises Doubts About Blood Pressure Drug’s Helpfulness for Vets with PTSD
A study published recently in the New England Journal of Medicine calls into question the usefulness of a blood pressure medication that about one in six veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder currently takes to control nightmares. The drug, prazosin, did not help the subjects sleep better. It did reduce distressing dreams, but on that point, Read More
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New Generation of Veterans Sickened by Toxic Burn Pits
What Agent Orange was to the Vietnam War generation, toxic burn pits might be to Gulf War–era service members. The Tampa Bay Times recently reported that “nearly 120,000 people…have registered with the Department of Veterans Affairs because of health problems they blame on their exposure to burn pits.” In remote areas of Iraq and Afghanistan, Read More
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VA’s New Wait-List Scandal: Delays in Seeing Outside Doctors
A recent report by Fox News exposed a simmering scandal at the Shreveport VA hospital, where, according to a whistleblower, more than 2,900 veterans are waiting to see non-VA doctors, which is their right under the Veterans Choice Program. Three years ago, clinical social worker Shea Wilkes revealed a secret wait-list of 2,700 veterans seeking Read More
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