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VA won't pay benefits to Marine whose injuries came from vaccine: (MCCLATCHY NEWS)
August 31, 2009
It wasn't a bullet or roadside bomb that felled Lance Cpl. Josef Lopez three years ago after nine days in Iraq. It was an injection into his arm before his unit left the states. The then 20-year-old Marine from Springfield, Mo. , suffered a rare adverse reaction to the smallpox vaccine. While the vaccine isn't mandatory, the military strongly encourages troops to take it. [click here to view] (http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/74566.html)
