Good news. The class action lawsuit filed against the US Dept of Veterans Affairs (VA) on behalf of veterans proceeds forward. (Jim Cook of Veterans United for Truth is pictured above-right.)
But one can expect the Bush administration to fight the veterans every step of the way.
From the San Francisco Chronicle:
Veterans' advocates can proceed with a lawsuit claiming that the federal government's health care system for troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan illegally denies care and benefits, a federal judge in San Francisco ruled Thursday.
U.S. District Judge Samuel Conti, a conservative jurist and a World War II veteran, rejected Bush administration arguments that civil courts have no authority over the Department of Veterans Affairs' medical decisions or how it handles grievances and claims.
If the plaintiffs can prove their allegations, Conti said, they would show that "thousands of veterans, if not more, are suffering grievous injuries as the result of their inability to procure desperately needed and obviously deserved health care."
For more information: See Veterans for Common Sense et al. v. Nicholson; Case No. C 07 3758, U.S.D.C. (N.D. Cal. 2007).
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But one can expect the Bush administration to fight the veterans every step of the way.
From the San Francisco Chronicle:
Veterans' advocates can proceed with a lawsuit claiming that the federal government's health care system for troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan illegally denies care and benefits, a federal judge in San Francisco ruled Thursday.
U.S. District Judge Samuel Conti, a conservative jurist and a World War II veteran, rejected Bush administration arguments that civil courts have no authority over the Department of Veterans Affairs' medical decisions or how it handles grievances and claims.
If the plaintiffs can prove their allegations, Conti said, they would show that "thousands of veterans, if not more, are suffering grievous injuries as the result of their inability to procure desperately needed and obviously deserved health care."
For more information: See Veterans for Common Sense et al. v. Nicholson; Case No. C 07 3758, U.S.D.C. (N.D. Cal. 2007).
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