Legal Opinion
Deloria v. Veterans Administration
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 21, 1991No. 89-3334PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.
William Deloria, a Vietnam War veteran, served a total of seven years in the U.S. Marine Corps and received his honorable discharge in 1977. In 1981, Deloria filed claims for service-connected post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), agent orange-related injuries and hearing loss. The Veterans Administration (the VA) conducted several hearings but determined that Deloria was entitled to only a 20% disability rating for his loss of hearing. When the Veterans Administration refused to accord him benefits for his complaints of PTSD and agent orange injury, Deloria submitted…
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