According to a story aired today on KQED -- a San Francisco public radio and television station, and NPR affiliate -- Berkeley, California's Disability Rights Advocates recently filed a lawsuit "that could affect thousands of veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. They allege that the Department of Veterans Affairs is unable to provide timely mental health treatment for returning veterans. It describes a backlog of 600,000 claims for vets seeking care — some dating all the way back to the Vietnam War." To listen to the approximately five minute story, click here. (And yes, this is the lawsuit that's produced the incendiary emails that have lately been in the news, including the infamous "shhh..." one about veterans suicides, which we blogged about earlier, here.)
Editor's Note: For more information about the veterans access to healthcare lawsuit in Federal court, as provided by the Disability Rights Advocates website, click here.
