Camp Lejeune: Cardiac defects claims

Paternal solvent exposure can cause atrial septal defects and right ventricle outflow tract obstructions

Cardiac defects affect nearly 1% of newborns every year in the United States. There are numerous types of congenital heart disease, the most common being ventricular septal defects. They refer to a hole in the wall of the heart that separates the lower chambers of the heart and allows blood to pass from the left to the right side of the organ.

This causes the heart to work harder, as the blood carrying oxygen is pumped back to the lungs instead of out into the body.

The following are the other types of cardiac defects the newborns of women who were stationed at contaminated military bases while pregnant can have at birth:

• aortic valve stenosis
• coarctation of the aorta
• Ebstein’s anomaly
• patent ductus arteriosus
• pulmonary valve stenosis
• septal defects
• hypoplastic left heart syndrome
• tricuspid atresia
• tetralogy of Fallot
• anomalous pulmonary venous connection
• transposition of the great arteries
• truncus arteriosus

Usually, cardiac defects are diagnosed at birth or soon after. In the regrettable case that your baby was born with a cardiac defect, you should know that you might be entitled to financial compensation, which our attorneys can help you recover if you were stationed with your husband at Camp Lejeune. Similarly, if you were a female member of the military who served at this military base while you were pregnant, you might also qualify for compensation. Regardless of the congenital heart disease your child has, we might be able to recover the maximum compensation available on your behalf.