DAV Partners With Law Firms for Disabled Soldiers

The Disabled American Veterans has partnered with three national law firms that have agreed to provide free legal representation for injured soldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in navigating the military’s disability evaluation and rating system. The firms, LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae; King & Spalding; and Foley & Lardner, contacted the DAV after learning that many service members with disabilities are faced with navigating the disability evaluating and rating process without the benefit of representation. “The law firms wanted to know if there was something they could do to help protect the rights of those injured soldiers who have given so much of themselves to protect us,” said Ronald L. Smith, DAV deputy general counsel.