Chris Crotte left Sacramento, Calif., for the Army. Seven years later, he left the Army in pain. Now, the 31-year-old La Entrada High School graduate and Iraq War veteran stands to benefit from a recently approved class-action settlement. Crotte, along with other shell-shocked former combatants, will be getting aid that once was out of reach. » read more

Aaron D. Draper looks older than his 28 years. He is a veteran of the U.S. Army who says he served as a flight medic on Black Hawk helicopters and later at military hospitals in the mid-2000s, a career choice that he said led to his huffing addiction. » read more