The ACLU submitted an amicus brief on behalf of the National Association for Radiation Survivors and others similarly situated. The lawsuit was brought against Harry N. Walters, Administrator of the Veterans Administration, and challenged the "statute forbidding lawyers from charging more than $10 for representing a veteran seeking service-connected death and disability (SCDD) benefits from the Veterans Administration (VA)." The effect of this statute is to preclude veterans from retaining counsel (whose costs usually far exceed $10) in connection with disability claim disputes. In their brief, the ACLU writes "...the government envisions a benefits determination process in which the individual veteran has no genuine opportunity to influence or challenge the premises of official decisionmaking." They also argue that this exclusion of lawyers from the claims process violates due process.

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