{"id":41879,"date":"2021-07-08T16:24:52","date_gmt":"2021-07-08T16:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/07\/08\/black-veterans-group-sues-va-for-racial-disparity-data\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T07:11:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T07:11:22","slug":"black-veterans-group-sues-va-for-racial-disparity-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/veterans\/2021\/07\/08\/black-veterans-group-sues-va-for-racial-disparity-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Black veterans group sues VA for racial disparity data"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/veterans\/2021\/06\/09\/anonymous-senator-blocks-confirmation-of-four-top-va-leaders\/\" target=\"_blank\">Department of Veterans Affairs<\/a> is being sued by two veterans groups for failing to provide data on racial disparities in disability compensation benefits and healthcare services, according to a joint statement from the plaintiffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFollowing a widely known history of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/opinion\/commentary\/2021\/02\/03\/veterans-employment-discrimination-guidance-updated\/\" target=\"_blank\">long-standing benefit obstruction<\/a> and anti-black racism and discrimination by the Department of Veterans Affairs, Black Veterans Project seeks to compel transparency and accountability,\u201d said Richard Brookshire, who co-founded BVP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BVP and the National Veterans Council for Legal Redress sought the records using the Freedom of Information Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The two groups asked three VA units for the data and requested that it be broken down by race and gender. They also requested records relevant to any internal reviews of racial bias, according to the groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the plaintiffs did receive some data in 2018 showing that Black veterans receive disability compensation at a \u201csignificantly lower rate\u201d than the overall rate of compensation, they said this data was not sufficient given the extent of the requests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">VA spokesperson Gina Jackson declined to comment on the pending litigation when reached by Military Times on Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2021\/07\/08\/us-agrees-to-7m-settlement-in-kansas-va-hospital-sex-abuse-case\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" 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said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NVCLR director Conley Monk said there must be a \u201ccomplete and honest accounting of the discrimination taking place.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Conley Monk said this is the only way that the issue can be fully addressed moving forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both organizations are being represented by the Veterans Legal Services Clinic at Yale Law School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Melanie McGruder, a law student intern there, said the delayed responses \u201cfrustrates the purpose of the Freedom of Information Act.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Board of Veterans Appeals, for instance, one of the three VA units from which BVP and NVCLR sought records, has completely ignored the request, in plain violation of FOIA,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Veterans Benefits Administration and the Veterans Health 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