Posted on January 14th, 2023
As a veteran, your risk of developing a serious disease as a consequence of exposure to asbestos is very high, as the hazardous mineral was present in tremendous amounts in every military branch, but especially in Navy ships during the last century.
The military is notorious for having employed asbestos to a tremendous extent between 1920 and 1980, as the mineral has numerous convenient properties, such as resistance to fire, and was also very cheap. As a consequence, over 20 million people were exposed to asbestos during the last century, 30% of whom are struggling with terrible diseases today. Veterans who served during this period of time are at high risk of developing a disease as a result of military asbestos exposure, particularly those who were part of the U.S. Navy. For this reason, we strongly encourage veterans to undergo medical examination periodically, as diseases that stem from asbestos exposure are asymptomatic in their early phases. Thereby, veterans may unknowingly suffer from a serious disease.
It is important to know that, as a veteran injured by asbestos exposure, you have the right to seek financial compensation for your physical and emotional distress from the Veterans Benefits Administration. Furthermore, veterans are also eligible for compensation from the asbestos trust funds of the companies which manufactured the products they handled while serving in the military. Throughout the country, there are numerous Veterans Benefits Administration facilities that can help veterans with a history of military asbestos exposure receive a correct and accurate diagnosis. Veterans who developed one of the following diseases are entitled to benefits such as disability compensation, which primarily depends on the disability rating they have:
List of VA cancer care centers, which should help you receive the medical attention you need as a veteran
Alabama
- Birmingham: Birmingham VA Medical Center
Arizona
- Phoenix: Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center
Arkansas
- Little Rock: Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System John L. McClellan Memorial Veterans Hospital
California
- San Francisco: San Francisco VA Health Care System
- Long Beach: VA Long Beach Healthcare System
- Palo Alto: VA Palo Alto Health Care System
- San Diego: VA San Diego Healthcare System
Colorado
- Denver: VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System
Connecticut
- West Haven: VA Connecticut Healthcare System
Delaware
- Wilmington: Wilmington VA Medical Center
District of Columbia
- Washington DC: Washington DC VA Medical Center
Florida
- Miami: Miami VA Healthcare System
Georgia
- Augusta: Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center
Idaho
- Boise: Boise VA Medical Center
Illinois
- Chicago: Jesse Brown VA Medical Center
Indiana
- Indianapolis: Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center
Iowa
- Des Moines: VA Central Iowa Health Care System
Kansas
- Wichita: Robert J. Dole VA Medical Center
Kentucky
- Ft. Thomas: Cincinnati VA Medical Center-Fort Thomas
- Lexington: Lexington VAMC: Cooper Division
- Lexington: Lexington VAMC: Leestown Division
- Louisville: Robley Rex VA Medical Center
Louisiana
- New Orleans: Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System
- Shreveport: Overton Brooks VA Medical Center
Maine
- Augusta: VA Maine Healthcare System - Togus
Maryland
- Baltimore: Baltimore VA Medical Center - VA Maryland Health Care System
Massachusetts
- Jamaica Plain: VA Boston Healthcare System, Jamaica Plain Campus
Michigan
- Detroit: John D. Dingell VA Medical Center
Minnesota
- Minneapolis: Minneapolis VA Health Care System
Mississippi
- Jackson: G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center
Missouri
- Kansas City: Kansas City VA Medical Center
- Saint Louis: VA St. Louis Health Care System - Jefferson Barracks Division
Nebraska
- Grand Island: Grand Island VA Medical Center
Nevada
- Las Vegas: VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System
New Hampshire
- Manchester: Manchester VA Medical Center
New Jersey
- East Orange: East Orange Campus of the VA New Jersey Health Care System
New Mexico
- Albuquerque: New Mexico VA Health Care System
New York
- Albany: Albany VA Medical Center: Samuel S. Stratton
- Bronx: James J. Peters VA Medical Center
- Buffalo: VA Western New York Healthcare System at Buffalo
- Northport: Northport VA Medical Center
North Carolina
- Asheville: Asheville VA Medical Center
North Dakota
- Fargo: Fargo VA Health Care System
Ohio
- Cleveland: Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center
- Dayton: Dayton VA Medical Center
Oklahoma
- Oklahoma City: Oklahoma City VA Health Care System
Oregon
- Portland: Portland VA Medical Center
Pennsylvania
- Pittsburgh: VA Pittsburgh Health Care System
Rhode Island
- Providence: Providence VA Medical Center
South Carolina
- Columbia: William Jennings Bryan Dorn VA Medical Center
South Dakota
- Sioux Falls: Sioux Falls VA Health Care System
Tennessee
- Memphis: Memphis VA Medical Center
- Mountain Home: James H. Quillen Veterans Affairs Medical Center
- Nashville: Tennessee Valley Healthcare System
Texas
- Dallas: Dallas VA Medical Center
- Houston: Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center
Utah
- Salt Lake City: VA Salt Lake City Health Care System
Virginia
- Richmond: Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center
Washington
- Seattle: VA Puget Sound Health Care System
West Virginia
- Clarksburg: Clarksburg - Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center
- Martinsburg: Martinsburg VA Medical Center
Wisconsin
- Milwaukee: Clement J. Zablocki Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Wyoming
- Sheridan: Sheridan VA Medical Center
We provide quality legal assistance to veterans injured by military asbestos exposure
With over 30 years of experience in pursuing compensation for the victims of asbestos exposure, our attorneys will thoroughly evaluate your case to determine whether you are eligible for compensation.
As a veteran, you are entitled to compensation both from the asbestos trust funds of the companies which manufactured the hazardous products you were exposed to and from the VA.
While the legal process is very complex, your involvement will be minimal, as you will only have to send in your military records, which you must retrieve, and your medical records.
Finally, you should know that our law firm works on a contingency fee basis, which means that you do not have to pay our attorneys anything unless they recover financial compensation for you.
