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WEBVTT ALLEN TELLS US HE'S FIGHTING , THIS FIGHT ON HIS OWN. >> I SAW THAT, THAT REPORT, AND I WENT BALLISTIC. >> A LANCE CORPORAL IN THE MARINE CORPS BACK IN THE EARLY 1960'S, JIM MENDOZA HAS BEEN A LONG TIME PATIENT IN VA CLINICS. LAST YEAR, HE COMPLAINED ABOUT THE ACCURACY OF SOME OF THE INFORMATION GOING INTO HIS MEDICAL RECORDS AT THE HAMMOND VA CLINIC. FINALLY, HE WAS UPSET AN CONCERNED ENOUGH -- >> TO FILE FEDERAL LAWSUIT, YES. >> THE FEDERAL COMPLAINT CLAIMS MEDICAL PERSONNEL AT THE VA CLINIC IN HAMMOND MALICIOUSLY AND OUTRAGEOUSLY FALSIFIED HIS MEDICAL RECORDS, CAUSING HIM SEVERE MENTAL DISTRESS AND PHYSICAL PAIN. MENDOZA TAPE RECORDED AT LEAST ONE MEDICAL VISIT TO CLINIC. HE SAYS THE MEDICAL NOTES ON THAT VISIT ENTERED INTO HIS RECORD JUST DON'T JIVE WITH WHAT IS ON THE TAPE. >> I LISTENED TO THE RECORDING AND THEN WHEN I READ HER REPORT. GOOD LORD, WHAT'S GOING ON OVER THERE? THEY ARE ACTUALLY FALSIFYING MEDICAL RECORDS. >> HE REPEATEDLY ASKED THIS DESCRIBER, ASKED THIS PROVIDER, WOULD YOU PRESCRIBE AN INCREASE DOSAGE OF HYDROCODON I NEVER, THAT'S NOT ON THERE. I NEVER ASKED HER FOR ANY HYDROCODONE. >> WE CONTACTED THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION IN NEW ORLEANS CONCERNING MENDOZA'S CIVIL SUIT. A SPOKESPERSON SAYING THE VA DOESN'T COMMENT ON PENDING LITIGATION MENDOZA SAYS ALL HE WANTS IS HIS MEDICAL RECORD CORRECTED AND TO KEEP ANYTHING SIMILAR FR HAPPENING TO OTHER VETS. >> IT'S GOT TO STOP. THERE'S OTHER VETERANS SITTING IN THAT LOBBY RIGHT THIS MINUTE, RIGHT THIS MINUTE. GOD KNOWS WHAT THEY ARE DOING TO THEM. DOES THIS HAVE TO TURN INTO ANOTHER PHOENIX? >> MENDOZA SAYS HE'LL REPRESENT HIMSELF WHEN THE CASE GOES TO

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