[VIDEO] VA will pay Mainer $405,000 in back benefits related to military sexual assault
WSCH Maine reports:
A Millbridge woman is being awarded $405,000 from the Veterans Administration for back benefits related to sexual assaults while she was serving in the military.
Ruth Moore was 18 years old when her supervisor raped her on a base in the Azores. When she reported the crime, he raped her again in retaliation. When she repeatedly sought treatment benefits, she was told she lacked sufficient evidence and military doctors instead diagnosed her with personality disorders.
Now, almost two decades later, the VA informed her this morning that they has made, “a clear and unmistakable error” and agreed to pay her back benefits in the sum of $405,000.
