Abstract
Federal law entitles military veterans to disability benefits for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) judges the severity of each veteran's case and decides how much to pay. However, VA has not written regulations that give specific guidance about handling PTSD cases. Instead, VA has tried the regulatory equivalent of jamming a square peg into a round hole. VA uses decades-old regulations developed for mental disorders that do not resemble PTSD. Without relevant regulations, VA lacks adequate guidance, it cannot fairly decide how much a veteran should be paid, and veterans are denied benefits they deserve. This Note proposes judicial and legislative solutions.
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50 Ariz. L. Rev. 1177 (2008)
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