VCS Lawsuit against VA started today in SF-will last all week-court filed documents are online

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will last all week-
http://www.cand.uscourts.gov/cand/calendar.nsf/572d47d88520f842882566a2007f2b59/eacfb96b589da93b882566a30060ea5c?OpenDocument
This calendar was last modified: 03/03/2008 11:06:03 AM
US District Court, Northern District of California
Judge Samuel Conti
Courtroom #1
Teresa De Martini


http://www.veteransptsdclassaction.org/

Notice

The next hearing will take place on March 3, 2008 beginning at 10:00 a.m. in Courtroom 1, 17th floor, of the U.S. District Court in San Francisco, CA, located at 450 Golden Gate Avenue. This hearing will concern issues raised in Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction and will include live testimony for six days by witnesses for Plaintiffs and Defendants. The papers filed by the parties concerning this motion may be found on the Court-filed Documents page of this website.


What This Case Is About

Many veterans who have fought in Iraq and/or Afghanistan, as well as those who served in earlier conflicts, are not being given the disability compensation, medical services and care they need. A much higher percentage of these veterans suffer with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder ("PTSD") than veterans of any previous war, due to the multiple tours many are serving, the unrelenting vigilance required by the circumstances, the greater prevalence of brain injuries caused by the types of weaponry in use, among other reasons. Despite this, the Department of Veterans' Affairs ("DVA") is failing to provide adequate and timely benefits and medical care. This federal lawsuit, on behalf of veterans with pending claims based upon PTSD, regardless of the conflict in which they served, is for declaratory and injunctive relief, based primarily on the due process clause of the Constitution. We will focus on the following issues:


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You are invited to familiarize yourselves with these issues by visiting our Resources, to fill out and submit the Veteran Information Intake Form, to read the pivotal Court-filed Documents in the case and to read relevant News Articles. We appreciate your interest.