GIUSTI-BRAVO v. U.S. VETERANS ADMIN.

Civ. No. 87-0590CCC.

853 F.Supp. 34 (1993)

Fernando GIUSTI-BRAVO, William Zapata-Sanchez, Ruben Santiago-Mercado and Vietnam Veterans of America, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES VETERANS ADMINISTRATION and Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Puerto Rico.

October 15, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barton Stichman, Washington, DC, for plaintiffs.

John R. Tyler, Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., for defendants.


OPINION AND ORDER

CEREZO, Chief Judge.

This is a putative class action filed by Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc., a veterans service organization, and veterans from Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, who allege that their federal veterans disability benefits for mental disorders were improperly reduced by the former Veterans Administration, now the Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA), beginning in January 8, 1982. They specifically claim that they were...

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