Veterans sue U.S. over "shameful failures" in care
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The many medical claims by veterans of U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan has completely overwhelmed the American government, leading to "shameful failures" in treatment, a class-action lawsuit filed on Monday alleged.
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A veteran who lost both arms in the war in Iraq is suing filmmaker Michael Moore for &#36;85 million, alleging that Moore used snippets of a television interview without his permission to falsely portray him as anti-war in &quot;Fahrenheit 9/11.&quot;
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SIERRA VISTA - Their tales about access to medical care sound a lot like war stories. In a smoky Veterans of Foreign Wars bar in this military town, many Arizona veterans talk bitterly of waiting lists for
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Substandard care at a southern Illinois Veterans Affairs hospital may have contributed to 19 deaths over the past two years
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Four British former inmates of the  U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay sued Defense Secretary  Donald Rumsfeld and others on Wednesday saying they were  tortured in violation of U.S. and international law.
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A Vietnam veteran shown in a documentary criticizing Sen. John Kerry's anti-war activities filed a libel lawsuit against the movie's producer Monday, saying the film falsely calls the veteran a fraud and a liar.
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American and European rights groups filed a legal complaint in France accusing former U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld of responsibility for torture in Iraq and at Guantanamo Bay.
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A pair of lawsuits filed on behalf of state prison inmates alleged to have died of medical neglect opens a new front in an effort to force prison reforms, family members said Monday.
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A Vietnam veteran shown in a documentary criticizing Sen. John Kerry's anti-war activities filed a libel lawsuit against the movie's director Monday, saying the film falsely calls him a fraud and a liar.
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Thousands of Iraq war veterans who could have suffered traumatic brain injury may be getting unnecessary or inadequate health care
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The Department of Veterans Affairs should overhaul its outdated system of compensating former military personnel for disabling injuries they suffered during their service, the Institute of Medicine recommended yesterday.
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An independent inquiry has concluded thousands of Gulf War veterans were made ill by their service. Shaun Rusling and Noel Baker, who have experienced a variety of illnesses since serving in the Gulf, are
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LONDON, March 11 -- British soldiers wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan are receiving "appallingly" poor care in British hospitals, according to families who have made complaints similar to those leveled against the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington.
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Veterans face serious inequities in compensation depending on where they live, an analysis by The New York Times has found.
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NEW YORK, July 17 -- Ailing rescue workers from the World Trade Center site filed a lawsuit Tuesday  charging that a $1 billion insurance fund set up after Sept. 11, 2001, violated a congressional mandate to pay their injury claims and instead spent millions of dollars fighting those claims.
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Four British former inmates of the US detention centre at Guantanamo Bay have sued US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and others, saying they were tortured in violation of US and international law.
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No longer a nation's shame, veteran care is acing competitors - and showing that maybe national health care isn't such a bad idea after all