D.C. Court Ruling – Screw the Vets

‘Atomic veterans’ sift fallout from court ruling

It looks like vets and their families are not going to easily seek compensation for the effects to them as a result of exposure from nuclear testing and biologicial and chemical agents, according to a D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals Ruling this past week.

This is how the U.S. thanks its military servants – screw the vets.

In a quiet ruling that nonetheless resonates nationwide, a federal appellate court rejected efforts by Broudy and others seeking claims on behalf of “atomic veterans,” exposed to radiation during nuclear tests and in post-war Japan. The same court simultaneously rejected bids by other veterans exposed to biological and chemical agents.

Alice Broudy married her husband, Charles, in 1948. Three years earlier, he’d walked the war-poisoned streets of Nagasaki. Within a decade, he was facing radiation in the Nevada desert. He died of lymphatic cancer in 1977. Though she has since received partial compensation, Broudy has been confronting the federal government for more. She has now lost three separate lawsuits.
“This closes the door,” Cynamon said of the latest appellate court ruling, which was issued Wednesday. “It will make it very difficult, if not impossible, for individuals who are victimized by government cover-ups.”