A U.S. Army National Guard veteran from Connecticut who served in Iraq is filing a federal lawsuit Thursday that accuses the Army of misdiagnosing his post-tramatic stress disorder and denying him a medical retirement and the benefits that go with it.

According to the Yale Law School Vetarns Legal Services Clinic, Wlliam Cowles, who served for more than 20 years, was discharged him based on an erroneous diagnosis of adjustment disorder when he should have been medically retired for PTSD.

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