Camp Lejeune contaminated water
VA publishes two different Camp Lejeune lists that do not match. Eight conditions are presumptive for VA disability compensation. A separate fifteen-condition list qualifies veterans and certain family members for VA health care. VA states plainly that "The PACT Act doesn't affect VA benefits related to Camp Lejeune": the eight presumptives and the qualifying dates predate the PACT Act. What the PACT Act added for Camp Lejeune was Section 804, the Camp Lejeune Justice Act, which is a federal lawsuit against the United States, not a VA claim. Only VA can decide any individual VA claim, and the lawsuit is handled by the Department of the Navy and a federal court, not by VA.
This is VA's published list, not a decision about you. Being on it doesn't mean a claim is approved, and it isn't advice to file. A free accredited representative can look at your actual service and records.
Whose service qualifies
VA's page states: "You served at Camp Lejeune or MCAS New River, North Carolina, for at least 30 days total between August 1, 1953, and December 31, 1987," and immediately above that: "These requirements apply to Veterans, Reservists, and National Guard members." The regulation is broader still. 38 CFR 3.307(a)(7)(iii): "A veteran, or former reservist or member of the National Guard, who had no less than 30 days (consecutive or nonconsecutive) of service at Camp Lejeune during the period beginning on August 1, 1953, and ending on December 31, 1987, shall be presumed to have been exposed..." And 38 CFR 3.307(a)(1) provides that "Any period of service is sufficient for the purpose of establishing the presumptive service connection of a specified disease under the conditions listed in Sec. 3.309(f), as long as the period of service also satisfies the requirements to establish a presumption of exposure to contaminants in the water supply at Camp Lejeune under paragraph (a)(7)(iii) of this section," so the ordinary 90-day service requirement does not apply. For HEALTH CARE for family members, VA states: "You must be or have been a family member (meaning the birth or adopted child, married spouse, or otherwise a legal dependent) of a Veteran who served at Camp Lejeune or MCAS New River, North Carolina" and "You must have lived (or have been in utero while your mother lived) at Camp Lejeune or MCAS New River, North Carolina, for at least 30 days total between August 1, 1953, and December 31, 1987." Family members can qualify for health care; VA disability compensation requires the veteran's own service.
Conditions VA lists (23)
Names are reproduced exactly as VA publishes them. Where VA's pages differ, or where a name carries a qualifier, the note says so.
Presumptive for VA disability compensation (8 conditions)
38 CFR 3.309(f)(1). Also published on the va.gov Camp Lejeune page. The regulation's opening: "If a veteran, or former reservist or member of the National Guard, was exposed to contaminants in the water supply at Camp Lejeune during military service and the exposure meets the requirements of Sec. 3.307(a)(7), the following diseases shall be service-connected even though there is no record of such disease during service, subject to the rebuttable presumption provisions of Sec. 3.307(d)."
38 CFR 3.309(f)(2).
38 CFR 3.309(f)(3).
38 CFR 3.309(f)(4). VA's health care list words the same condition as "Leukemia" without "Adult."
38 CFR 3.309(f)(5).
38 CFR 3.309(f)(6). The only non-blood, non-cancer condition on the disability list.
38 CFR 3.309(f)(7). A single entry covering both. VA's health care list words the overlapping condition as "Myelodysplastic syndromes" without the aplastic anemia clause.
38 CFR 3.309(f)(8).
Qualifies for VA health care (15 conditions)
Health care list, which covers veterans and qualifying family members. This is a different list from the eight disability presumptives.
Health care list only. Not on the disability presumptive list.
Health care list only. Not on the disability presumptive list.
Health care list only. Not on the disability presumptive list.
Health care list only. Not on the disability presumptive list.
Health care list. Also on the disability presumptive list.
Health care list wording. The disability list says "Adult leukemia."
Health care list only. Not on the disability presumptive list.
Health care list only. Not on the disability presumptive list.
Health care list. Also on the disability presumptive list.
Health care list wording. The disability list says "Aplastic anemia and other myelodysplastic syndromes."
Health care list only. Not on the disability presumptive list.
Health care list. Also on the disability presumptive list.
Health care list only. Not on the disability presumptive list.
Health care list only. Not on the disability presumptive list. A veteran with scleroderma may qualify for care under this list without it being a presumptive condition for compensation.
Locations and dates (2)
Service in these places during these periods is what establishes the presumption. The dates are exact and they matter.
Dates: At least 30 days total between August 1, 1953, and December 31, 1987
VA: "If you served at either of these locations between August 1, 1953, and December 31, 1987, you may be eligible for disability and health care benefits." The word "total" is load-bearing: 38 CFR 3.307(a)(7)(iii) says "no less than 30 days (consecutive or nonconsecutive)." That regulation also defines the scope: "service at Camp Lejeune means any service within the borders of the entirety of the United States Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune and Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina, during the period beginning on August 1, 1953, and ending on December 31, 1987, as established by military orders or other official service department records."
Dates: At least 30 days total between August 1, 1953, and December 31, 1987
The same qualifying window. MCAS New River is a separate named installation that is frequently overlooked, and 38 CFR 3.307(a)(7)(iii) expressly folds it into the definition of service at Camp Lejeune. Note that the Camp Lejeune Justice Act at PACT Act Sec. 804(b) grants its cause of action to anyone exposed "to water at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina" and does not separately name MCAS New River, unlike the VA benefit provisions.
Sources
Checked August 6, 2026. VA revises these pages often; the live pages win over this one.
- https://www.va.gov/disability/eligibility/hazardous-materials-exposure/camp-lejeune-water-contamination/
- https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-38/chapter-I/part-3/subpart-A/subject-group-ECFR5AF7C71ADEC4522/section-3.309
- https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-38/part-3/section-3.307
- https://www.ecfr.gov/api/renderer/v1/content/enhanced/current/title-38?chapter=I&part=3§ion=3.309
- https://www.congress.gov/117/plaws/publ168/PLAW-117publ168.htm
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