NVLSP Sues Army for Denying Lifetime Benefits & Healthcare to Thousands of Veterans with PTSD
Advocates say veterans from Iraq & Afghanistan were shortchanged the support they are entitled to
In a class action lawsuit filed on December 17, 2008 in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, the NVLSP charged that for many years, the U.S. Army shortchanged an entire class of soldiers who returned from service in Iraq and Afghanistan with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) from the benefits to which they are entitled. The five veterans of the war in Iraq and Afghanistan filing suit in the case seek to represent the large number of soldiers the Army found to be unfit for continued military service because of their PTSD, but who then were illegally deprived of the disability benefits and free health care to which they were entitled under federal law. [more]
Released 12/18/08 | Tags: Class Actions, PTSD