Toxins linked to miscarriages, birth defects, cancers and neurological behaviors polluted the drinking water.
Nearly 259,000 men and women across the country have joined the list.
And you had to know this was coming, the Veterans Administration and the government in general by and large has sought to atone for these environmental crimes on the cheap.
And family members get none of the disability payments, even though they drank the same toxic water and suffered from many of the same conditions and traumas.
VA has consistently fought to deny health problems are linked to the water and limit benefits, they charge.
At least the people using the water, which was everybody, knew.
One of the first things she noticed was the tap water: It smelled like cigarette lighter fluid.
The odor was so strong that she and her neighbors used Tang, lemonade mix or instant tea to make it drinkable.
It was the beginning of a series of health problems, including a bone tumor at age six, that plagued him into adulthood.In 1983, after leaving the base, the family was stationed in Holy Loch, Scotland, where Ramsey became pregnant.
There is an entire section of the nearby national cemetery dedicated to the stillborn infants of Camp Lejeune.