A 25-year-old veteran will get $422,018 to settle a lawsuit filed after he was mauled by two pit bull-mix guard dogs in an experience he told investigators was worse than the combat he faced overseas, according to his attorney.

Mitchell Ducharme, of Lebanon, agreed to the settlement on Jan. 25, the same day jury selection was set to begin in Rockville Superior Court. Ducharme was attacked by the two dogs in a junkyard at Coutu Auto Sales in Willimantic, where his stepbrother worked.

Peter Brown of Trantolo & Trantolo