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Veteran’s benefits have long been under scrutiny. It started with overcrowding in VA hospitals and spread to the denial of need for those suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.

There are multiple legal aid ads for those veterans suffering from mesothelioma, a cancer blamed on asbestos exposure in shipyards. Most have heard of agent orange and the multiple health problems it caused as well as maladies brought about by burn pit exposure in the Gulf Wars.

To quote the American Legion Magazine, “The government response to afflicted veterans’ needs for information, acknowledgment, and healt...