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This is Veterans Radio.

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We want to welcome back to VeteransRadio to give us an update and a call to anybody who's

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been waiting around too long.

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This is Attorney Mike Cox back to talk to us about the Camp Lejeune Justice Act.

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Mike, welcome back to VeteransRadio.

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Jim, it's great to be back on VeteransRadio again.

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As you know, I'm especially proud because I'm a veteran.

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You are.

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You're a Marine.

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You've been in the whole family, but we've talked to you in the past about the Camp Lejeune

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Justice Act.

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For those who may recognize his name or his voice, Mike was the Attorney General for the

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State of Michigan for a number of years and now is out in private practice doing all kinds

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of good work on a variety of issues.

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One that's near and dear to your heart is trying to take care of some veterans who got

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exposed to toxic water when they were at Camp Lejeune.

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Why don't you with that set up, go ahead and talk to us what's going on.

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Absolutely, Jim.

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You know, and the general in your house knows that long before I was Attorney General, I

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was the 0311 Infantry Corporal in the United States Marine Corps.

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In fact, I was stationed on Camp Lejeune in 82 and 83 with the Second Marine, Second

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Marine Regiment.

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I was served there during the 30 years where Marines were literally poisoned through negligence

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and later on kind of wanton disregard by higher ups in the Defense Department.

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But again, that was, you know, there's now an opportunity for your listeners who haven't

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done anything yet.

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The cutoff is August 10 of this year because it was on August 10 of 2022 where President

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Biden signed the Camp Lejeune Justice Act in a rare feat of bipartisanship overwhelmingly

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supported by Republicans and Democrats to bring some justice to several hundred thousand

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Marines sailors and employees on Camp Lejeune base between December of 1952 and excuse me,

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August of 1952 and December of 1987 who were subject to horrible, horrible toxins, benzene,

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PCE, vinyl chloride, methylene chloride, DCE and has led many, many to suffer bladder

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cancers, esophageal cancers, kidney cancers, Hodgkin's disease, you know, Parkinson's,

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bile duct cancer and a variety of diseases that the federal government has admitted through

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its own studies were directly related to the water that we all drank either out of water

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buffaloes or in KP duty or just in showers or while we're at Camp Lejeune.

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Yeah, it's really amazing the extent of time and the different ways people got exposed.

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But Congress finally stepped in and said, okay, we're going to give a limited opportunity

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for Marines and I want you to expand who can file claims, but Marines who were there during

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that period to file claims down in administrative process, but really this goes to North Carolina.

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Who can file claims and what do they have to do by August 10th of 2024?

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Okay, so anyone who was at Camp Lejeune for at least 30 days between August of 1952 and

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December of 1987, so 30 days on base and you could be a Marine, you could be a semen, you

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know, someone who served as a corpsman or other support services on the base, you could

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be a civilian employee or you could be and we have a number of clients who were family

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members of Marines or sailor station there, especially, you know, children, minors, you

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know, who many of them who were there with their parents for extended tours are some

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of the most impacted and it even includes Jim's civilian employees who may have worked

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on base during that time.

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So if you were a Marine soldier, you know, who had temporary duty there or training on

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the Marine base at Camp Lejeune, a sailor or a dependent, a child, a spouse of any

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of those who did at least 30 days on base between August of 1952 and December of 1987,

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and if you've suffered a variety of diseases and I'll cover some of them, but it's bladder

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cancer, breast cancer, sapha geal, kidney liver, lung cancer, bile duct, colorectal,

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there's a seri, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, leukemia, there's also a series of neurological issues

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like Parkinson's and other autoimmune diseases, even teeth issues and mouth issues.

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If there were miscarriages or infertility in your family, all those could relate back

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to the time at Camp Lejeune.

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And now that we're in the last 10 days, if someone in your family or you, you know, were

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impacted, I suggest you call lawyer.

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Of course, we'd love you to call our firm and our number is 734-591-4002 or go on to

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our website at mikecoxlaw.com, but it's really, look, I'm a Marine, I want all Marines or

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sailors who are impacted to get somehow or their family members.

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So if you don't come to us, talk to somebody soon, you go online, there's a ton of firms

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out there that can help you out.

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It's very, very important you do that over this next 10 days as we head up to the deadline.

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And I want to get across to people, even if your dad is dead, he was a Marine, you understand

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he was at Camp Lejeune, the spouse, the children still have an opportunity to file this claim.

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They may be the ones sitting on the sideline going, well, dad's dead.

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You still want them to get in touch with you, right, Mike?

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Absolutely.

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Wrongful deaths are a big chunk of our client base.

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You know, for people who lost those extra years with a loved one, a parent, you know,

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that's the serious blow, and as you know, Jim, in the civil law, that's a very common

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claim and that's part of the Camp Lejeune Justice Act.

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And the most important thing is don't wait, reach out now.

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Another thing is a lot of people think this will impact any VA benefits that they may get.

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It will not.

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Let me repeat, this will not impact your benefits.

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There's no cost to you.

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There's no downside.

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You should do it for yourself, do it for your family, and certainly make the call or send

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the email in these waning days before we come to, you know, August 10th, which is a Saturday,

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to reach out to us or someone else.

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Because this is Veterans Radio.

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Jim, you and the Brigadier General bring great advocates for veterans over these many, many

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years and I'm glad that you're reminding folks of this very, very important program.

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We just wanted to get out this last shout out before the window closes and that'll be

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that.

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You've got to get in now.

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So don't sit on the sidelines because you think dad's dead or you're not really sure

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if this is a real deal or if it'll impact your VA benefits as my cox former Attorney

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General says it will not.

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So reach out and let's make sure you get those benefits that you're entitled to under the

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Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022.

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Mike, thanks for taking some time with us on Veterans Radio today to get the word out.

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And thank you, Jim.

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And I want to thank everybody for listening to Veterans Radio today.

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I am Jim Fawcone.

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It's been a pleasure to be your host.

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I'm a Veterans Disability Lawyer at Legal Help for Veterans and you can reach us at

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