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Yale Law Students Get Veteran A Victory

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"The Veterans Legal Services Clinic at Yale Law School won a pivotal case for veterans’ affairs last week.

Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court of Connecticut Janet Hall ruled last Tuesday that William Cowles, a U.S. Army veteran, had been improperly discharged from the army after being misdiagnosed with adjustment disorder. Hall ruled that Cowles was entitled to much higher medical benefits than those the army provided him. This is the first court to rule that the army has wrongly discharged a service member with adjustment disorder. According to Linda Zang LAW ’15, one of the three Yale law students who are interns at the clinic, similar misdiagnoses may affect thousands of veterans.

“This problem of the army misdiagnosing soldiers and then inappropriately discharging them is a problem that a lot of veterans face, whether they served in more recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or whether they are from older conflicts like Vietnam,” she said. “It’s a widespread problem that affects veterans from different generations.”

http://yaledailynews.com/blog/2014/10/07/veterans-emerge-victorious-in-court/

GRADUATE ! Nov 2nd 2007 American Military University !

When thousands of Americans faced annihilation in the 1800s Chief

Osceola's response to his people, the Seminoles, was

simply "They(the US Army)have guns, but so do we."

Sameo to us -They (VA) have 38 CFR ,38 USC, and M21-1- but so do we.

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Nice find andIt's about time. I am really tired of hearing of injured Vets being kick for a bunch of BS related problems just to deny them SC.

Stretch

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Excerpt from the 'Declaration of Independence'

 

We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which, would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity

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Glad to see it the documentary Wounded Platoon that was made by PBS discuss this very fact. Best quote was from a full bird who said as the best I remember it, they(Solder) came to us from society this way now we turn them back to society to fix.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/woundedplatoon/

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Good to see a little justice every now and then.

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60% Bladder Issues

50% Migraines 
30% Crohn's Disease

30% R Shoulder

20% Radiculopathy, Left lower    10% Radiculopathy, Right lower 
10% L Knee  10% R Knee Surgery 2005&2007
10% Asthma
10% Tinnitus
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  • HadIt.com Elder

great news. The victory, the precedent and that a prestigious Law School is helping Veterans.

Veterans deserve real choice for their health care.

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There should be a "veterans legal services clinic" at every law school.

JMO

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