by
Kelsey Berryman, MA
;
Chad Osteen, PhD, MA
;
Rena Steiger-Chadwick, MPH
;
Frances Weaver, PhD
Seminar date: 9/17/2024
Description: This cyberseminar will describe the methods and data sources we are using to evaluating the impact of legislation related to military environmental exposures on Veterans' experiences related to health care and disability. A brief review of the legislation will be followed by a review of our methods and some preliminary findings from our evaluation.
Objectives
1. What impacts have the 2012 Camp Lejeune Family Act and VA Rule 38 CRF3 (2017) regarding service-connected presumptive and associated conditions had on claims for disability and use of VA health care by Veterans who were stationed at Camp Lejeune (CL)?
a. What are the prevalence, use, and costs of VA care for presumptive and associated diagnoses for CL Veterans compared to a similar group of Veterans based at Camp Pendleton, who were not exposed to industrial toxins?
b. Do prevalence, use, and costs vary by sex, race, ethnicity, geographic location, or military service?
i. Does overall morality or mortality for associated conditions differ by CL veterans compared to Camp
Pendleton veterans?
c. To what extent and for which conditions is care being provided in the community through VA's community
care program?
d. What have been Veterans' experiences in seeking compensation and VA health care for presumptive and
associated conditions related to toxin exposures at Camp Lejeune?
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