UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT Brown v. the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs No. 05-1673

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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT

JANYCE ELAINE BROWN, Deceased; ASA ROBERT

GRAYDON BROWN, a minor child; HELEN

ELIZABETH BROWN, a minor child,

Plaintiffs-Appellants

v.

No. 05-1673

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, the U.S. Department

of Veterans Affairs,

Defendant-Appellee

Argued: April 27, 2006

Decided and Filed: June 23, 2006

In a nut shell, the Sixth Circuit Court found Feres doctrine DID NOT apply

in this case, as a 1994 examination created a new duty to warn. The

veteran, Arvid Brown, had undiagnosed and untreated Leishmaniasis resulting

from Gulf War service and subsequently passed the disease on to his wife

and she passed it on to the children during pregnancy.

I know the legalese is difficult for many, but work through it to

understand this case and know this has opened the door for many other Gulf

War cases. Sadly, neither the veteran nor his wife survived to see this,

but at least his children will benefit.

Please give this the widest dissemination.