VA Disability Claims Decision Appealed

Week of August 04, 2008

The veterans groups Veterans for Common Sense and Veterans United for Truth, Inc. have asked a federal appeals court to overturn a lower court ruling and force the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to expedite disability claims and treat troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The groups' original lawsuit was filed in July 2007 and claims the VA system that identifies and processes sufferers of PTSD collapsed. For more information, visit the Veterans for Common Sense website and the Veterans United for Truth website.