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Article: Groups ask court to expedite PTSD care; New report says nearly 250 call suicide prevention hot line daily.(NATION)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
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- July 29, 2008
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Byline: Audrey Hudson, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Two veterans groups have asked a federal appeals court to force the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to expedite disability claims and treat troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
The groups - Veterans for Common Sense and Veterans United for Truth Inc. - filed a notice Monday with the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco to overturn a lower court ruling in their lawsuit. Filed in July 2007, their lawsuit claims that the VA system that identifies and processes sufferers of PTSD has collapsed.
Judge Samuel Conti, of the U.S. District Court for the ...