“Veterans not entitled to mental health care, U.S. lawyers argue”

Bob Egelko reports in the San Francisco Gate, and it makes for a pretty dispiriting read.

Veterans have no legal right to specific types of medical care, the Bush administration argues in a lawsuit accusing the government of illegally denying mental health treatment to some troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.

The arguments, filed Wednesday in federal court in San Francisco, strike at the heart of a lawsuit filed on behalf of veterans that claims the health care system for returning troops provides little recourse when the government rejects their medical claims.

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