Does he have documentation to show he was diagnosed with PTSD and TBI at the time this incident happened?
He needs an attorney that understands military issues, this is a mess now that the military is saying he does not have PTSD. His issues are legal at this point, not a matter of trying to get the VA to change his diagnosis or treat him or get the Army to assume jurisdiction, that is not going to happen at this point. He needs a top attorney, this is beyond help with the VA determination and as far as I know there is no way to force the military to handle this, they choose which incidents to keep jurisdiction over and which to allow civilian jurisdiction to take over. They chose to allow civilian system to have jurisdiction.
How is the Army trying to “boot him out...without benefits”..was he still active duty when this happened? If he was and the Army is trying to Chapter him out he has the right to fight that; possibly get Court Martial because if he has enough time in service to qualify for benefits I don’t think the Army can deny him benefits without giving him a dishonorable discharge. Though if he gets convicted and sentenced for felony in some cases he can lose benefits for that.
This is a major legal issue- both the charges for the incident with firefighters and the Army “trying to boot him out” he absolutely needs competent legal help for both, nothing else is going to help him at this point.
Yes, He was not only diagnosed PTSD & TBI, but he was in the Warrior Transition Unit waiting for PTSD treatment. He had back surgery for a combat wound and they delayed PTSD treatment waiting for him to heal and get off all the pain meds when the event happened.
The current administration has changed all the rules.