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Legal help for state's poor declines as demand rises

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A mortar attack in Afghanistan and years of airborne jumps left former Army Sgt. Joaquin Tasis with lingering shoulder, back and knee pain, plus frequent memory loss and anxiety.

Even though the military discharged him because of his permanent injuries and he is unemployable, the red tape of the federal government repeatedly denied him disability payments.

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