Need help for a friend

[Delta6Actual]

A very good friend in the USMC reserves was seriously injured while at annual training with his unit back in July. He was at AT in Central America when, while repelling a cliff, fell 25ft and injured his shoulder, no break, but with extensive ligament and tendon damage. Due to his injury, he now is unable to work, because his unit will not send paperwork to his employer saying he is cleared to work. His employer will not allow him to return to work until he gets clearance from his unit to return to work. It has become one enormous paperwork CHARLIE FOXTROT. He lives several hours from his unit and attached agencies. He could not see a TRI-Care doctor for months, and then, he only got an MRI to find out he is seriously injured. It has been 5 months. No surgery, no medicine, nothing. He is stuck in limbo between reserve active duty, and the civilian world, neither of which cooperate well. He is in massive pain, and in major debt. His unit corpsman is on leave, and it seems, none of his medical reports from the injury are accessible until he returns. His unit insists that he report to drill, even though he is injured, but he is unable due to lack of funds, since he is not getting paid. I suggested he talk to JAG to see what his options are. To me, it seems that since he was not injured in combat, (his unit deployed to Iraq before he joined,) he's on his own. I feel they just want to drum him out on a medical and be done with it. PLEASE do not take this as a knock on the USMC, or Navy or any aforementioned organizations. Sometimes the system just doesn't work the way it should. I just don't want to see my buddy get railroaded. No matter where it happened, it is a service related injury. He worked his ass off to get in the Marines, but now it seems they, for one reason or another don't have time to take care of one of their injured. If anyone has a similar experience, or some good advice for my friend, please post your info.

[macelena]

I´m not as much aware of your law as a practitioner, but as far as i understand, it is clearly a duty related injury, government is responsible. If he is really able to work again, and is being screwed because papers are not right, it is a bureaucratic negligence, also. I suggest to get judicial because i see a lot of paper failure here -if he is not cleared to work, why do they call him to drill? Damages should cover a lot of issues here, as healthcare, the prejudice in civilian employment, etc. But again, this is not my best. Hope everything come out fine