If you lived or worked at Camp Lejeune between 1953 and 1987 and were later diagnosed with a qualifying illness, you may qualify for compensation.
Between 1953 and 1987, the water supply at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina was contaminated with industrial solvents and other toxic chemicals. The Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022 created a path for those exposed to file claims for resulting illnesses.
This litigation is unusual in that it runs through both an administrative claims process (the Elective Option) and traditional lawsuits, and involves an exceptionally large number of potential claimants.
Here's what happens after you reach out:
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Our network reviews your answers against current qualifying criteria and reaches out if you may qualify.
You decide whether to move forward. There's never a cost to check your eligibility.
More than 285,000 administrative claims have been filed in total, with tens of thousands more filed in just the past several weeks as of this writing. Roughly 3,700+ lawsuits have also been filed as of May 2026. Four federal judges overseeing the litigation appointed two settlement masters to speed up claim resolution, and the Department of Justice has approved over $691 million in settlement offers to 2,353 claimants under the Elective Option program, with about 1,554 accepted so far. No bellwether trial verdicts have been reached yet to establish broader settlement values.
The Elective Option is a faster, administrative settlement process created alongside the lawsuit process — it offers set payment tiers based on your diagnosis in exchange for resolving your claim without going to trial. It's an alternative to (not the same as) filing a traditional lawsuit, and which path makes sense depends on your specific situation.
Camp Lejeune settlement offers have surpassed $1 billion and payouts have topped $827 million, as the DOJ approved $175 million in new settlements over a recent three-week stretch.
Read more →The Camp Lejeune Justice Act's filing deadline closed on August 10, 2024, with over 500,000 claims already on file with the Navy. That backlog is still shaping how long claimants are waiting today.
Read more →A June 2026 update shows fewer than 2% of Camp Lejeune Elective Option claims with basic documentation have enough proof to reach the Department of Justice for approval. Here's what's causing the bottleneck.
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