Lady Louise Byron is 80 years old, has terminal lung cancer and is stuck on what many veterans call “the hamster wheel of justice” in their pursuit of disability benefits.

By February of this year, her claim for benefits due to the death of her Army veteran husband had been considered 10 times — three times at the Veterans Administration’s regional level and seven times at the system’s appellate levels during 15 years of active litigation.

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