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A group of transgender veterans has sued the Department of Veterans Affairs over its unfulfilled promise to provide and pay for gender-affirming surgery. Two years ago, federal officials announced a policy reversal, allowing transgender veterans to undergo the procedure through the VA. But the agency still hasn’t followed through, and veterans say they’re tired of waiting.
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The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has set up a dedicated team to investigate racial disparities in its benefits decisions — due in part to a veteran from Connecticut who sued the VA for discrimination.
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A federal lawsuit was filed Monday alleges decades-long racial disparities in veterans benefits. The case is represented by the Yale Veterans Legal Services Clinic, which found that nearly 30% of Black veterans who applied for disability compensation were denied compared to 24% of white veterans.
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When former U.S. Marine Conley Monk, of West Haven, Conn., received paperwork telling him that he’d won his decades-long fight to have his service…
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U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut is applauding a new policy announced this week by Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel regarding…
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A legal clinic at Yale University in New Haven filed a federal lawsuit Monday on behalf of five Vietnam veterans and three veteran organizations. The suit…
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An Army National Guard veteran from East Haven, Connecticut filed a federal lawsuit on Thursday saying the Army discharged him with an incorrect mental…