Well this is interesting. According to this article I just ran across on Time's website,
... the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco has concluded that the Department of Veterans Affairs' treatment of mentally-ailing vets is so poor it is unconstitutional.
The plaintiffs are Veterans For Common Sense, in Washington, D.C., and Veterans United For Truth, based in California. The three-judge panel included Chief Judge Alex Kozinski, appointed to the bench by President Reagan, and a pair of judges -- Procter Hug Jr. and Stephen Reinhardt -- appointed by President Carter. Reinhardt wrote the toughly-worded decision, which was hailed by veterans. "This decision hopefully will serve as a model for veterans in the future, and as a testament to the bond of faith between our citizens and the defenders of our freedom," said Gordon Erspamer, who argued the case before the panel on behalf of the veterans' groups. The VA and Justice Department had no immediate comment.
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The conclusion;
The United States Constitution confers upon veterans and their surviving relatives a right to the effective provision of mental health care and to the just and timely adjudication of their claims for health care and service-connected death and disability benefits...their entitlements to the provision of health care and to veterans' benefits are property interests protected by the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment. The deprivation of those property interests by delaying their provision, without justification and without any procedure to expedite, violates veterans' constitutional rights. Because neither Congress nor the Executive has corrected the behavior that yields these constitutional violations, the courts must provide the plaintiffs with a remedy.