Wisconsin Public Radio runs a piece today on Wisconsin Navy veteran, Keith Roberts (1968-71), who ran afoul of the U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the U.S. Attorney’s office by filing a claim for disability benefits.

Now, Roberts who has been forced to fight in two courts simultaneously (the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (CAVC) and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh District) has picked up the support of Paul Sullivan and the national Veterans for Common Sense, among other veterans' groups.

Roberts has been serving a 48-month sentence since March on wire fraud for, in essence, not documenting his claim to the VA's satisfaction and upsetting the VA by accusing the agency of fraud.

Wisconsin Public Radio reports:

A national veterans organization has taken up the cause of Wisconsin Navy veteran convicted of wire fraud for falsely claiming veterans benefits for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or P-T-S-D. The group Veterans for Common Sense says Keith Roberts conviction is part of larger strategy to discourage veterans from filing P-T-S-D claims.

Gil Halsted has the story.

The criminal case is scheduled to be heard before a three-member panel on Oct. 25, and is pending and briefed before the veterans' court, CAVC.

Legal questions and legal comments can be e-mailed to Robert Walsh at rpwalsh [at] sbcglobal [dot] net.

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