[CPEO-MEF] RADIATION, VETERANS: "Air Force vet’s case over 1966 B-52 crash, cleanup in Spain goes before court"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Air Force vet’s case over 1966 B-52 crash, cleanup in Spain goes before court

By Dave Collins
Associated Press
September 2, 2020

HARTFORD, Conn. — The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs used flawed radiation data to deny disability benefits to veterans who responded to a 1966 plane accident involving U.S. hydrogen bombs in Spain, Yale Law School students told a federal appeals court Wednesday.

The students are representing Air Force veteran Victor Skaar, of Nixa, Missouri, in a class-action lawsuit seeking benefits for him and others who say they were exposed to radiation during the recovery and cleanup of the undetonated bombs and later became ill.

“The VA has denied those veterans who are now elderly and facing a variety of health concerns benefits and has refused to recognize the conditions of their service for over 50 years,” Yale student Lily Halpern told the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims during a hearing held by phone. “So while this case is about unsound science, it is also about remedying a grave injustice.”


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For the entire article, see
https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-military/2020/09/02/air-force-vets-case-over-1966-b-52-crash-cleanup-in-spain-goes-before-court/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
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