The Camp Lejeune Family Member Program (CLFMP) is a program for family members of veterans who lived or served at Camp Lejeune between August 1953 and December 1987 and were possibly exposed to drinking water contaminated with industrial solvents, benzene, or other chemicals.
The Honoring America’s Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012 requires the VA to provide health care to all veterans who served on active duty at Camp Lejeune and to reimburse Camp Lejeune family members for health care costs related to one or more of 15 specified illnesses or medical conditions listed in the law.
The qualifying medical conditions under this law include bladder cancer, breast cancer, esophageal cancer, female infertility, hepatic steatosis, kidney cancer, leukemia, lung cancer, miscarriage, multiple myeloma, myelodysplastic syndromes, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, renal toxicity, scleroderma, and most importantly as it pertains to this article, neurobehavioral effects.