IRS offers tax tips for Vets, new rule for diseases from Lejeune water problems

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[ABOVE] IRS offers tax tips for Veterans this tax season

New rule for diseases associated with water

contamination at Lejeune

VA has published regulations to establish presumptions for the service connection of eight diseases associated with exposure to contaminants in the water supply at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

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