Veterans Sue Department of Veterans Affairs and Present Testimony in Support of Request for Court Order to Expedite Claims and Improve Psychological Screening
Legal Services E-lert
Date of E-Lert – 05/02/08
Bibliographic Info:
Author: Joel Rosenblatt
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer
Date: 4/22/08
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports: “U.S. veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan don’t have sufficient access to lawyers to help them process health and medical claims when they encounter treatment delays or mistakes, a witness for the veterans testified. Ronald Abrams, the executive director of the National Veterans Legal Services Program, testified yesterday in a federal court in San Francisco after government lawyers and attorneys representing the veterans made opening statements in a trial . . . . The veterans sued the Department of Veterans Affairs, saying it was ignoring or delaying treatment of as many as 750,000 Iraq and Afghanistan veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder. The groups are seeking a court order for the government to speed the processing of claims and improve screening for psychological disorders. The case is Veterans for Common Sense v. James Peak.”
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