A military college student says in a lawsuit that armed services officials deemed him unfit for service because he tested positive for HIV.
FILE - In this Monday, July 16, 2018 photo, a group in military fatigues walks in front of Jackman Hall, rear, on the campus of Norwich University in Northfield, Vt. A military college student who says he was removed from his duties for testing positive for HIV is suing state and federal military officials. The 20-year-old student from Revere, Mass.
His lawsuit notes he was informed he would not be able to get a scholarship through the ROTC or be entitled to other benefits related to military service, such as a state tuition waiver and medical and dental coverage.Lawyers for Civil Rights, a Boston-based group that filed the lawsuit on the student’s behalf, provided redacted copies of the student's discharge documents, which show he was terminated from the guard in January for being “not medically qualified.
The student’s lawyers argue the military’s HIV policies date to the 1980s when little was known about the condition, which, if left untreated, can lead to AIDS.“A generation after they were first developed, the military’s policies are highly anachronistic and fail to reflect current medical reality,” the Lawyers for Civil Rights organization argues in the lawsuit. “Advances in medical treatment and prevention have transformed HIV from a progressive, terminal disease to a manageable condition.
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