Pendergrass v. United States Department of Defense

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ) JAMES ANTHONY PENDERGRASS, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) No. 17-cv-0546 (KBJ) ) U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, ) et al., ) ) Defendants. ) ) MEMORANDUM OPINION ADOPTING REPORT & RECOMMENDATION OF THE MAGISTRATE JUDGE In October of 2011, Plaintiff James Anthony Pendergrass, a U.S. Army veteran, fell through a roof while on a patrol mission in Afghanistan and suffered a traumatic injury. (See Compl., ECF No. 1, ¶ 17.) Pendergrass submitted an application for benefits under the Traumatic Injury Protection Servicemember’s Group Life Insurance…