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Healthcare/Hospital Law

May 2, 2008

VA Slow to Provide Mental Health Care for Iraq, Afghanistan Vets, Lawyer Says

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is engaged in a systemic violation of its duty to provide veterans with timely and appropriate mental health care, an attorney for two veterans' groups argued in his closing statement Wednesday.

By Rebecca Beyer
Daily Journal Staff Writer
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      SAN FRANCISCO - The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is engaged in a systemic violation of its duty to provide veterans with timely and appropriate mental health care, an attorney for two veterans' groups argued in his closing statement Wednesday.
      Arturo J. Gonzalez, of San Francisco's Morrison & F...

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