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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Mar 23, 2022

Miller & Martin attorneys David Kesler and Merrill Nelson have been awarded the ABA Military Pro Bono Project Outstanding Services Award for representing a paralyzed Navy veteran in his appeal for additional disability benefits, Chattanoogan.com reports. Beginning in 2018, the attorneys dedicated more than 150 pro bono hours, exhausting all appeals and administrative remedies. They then filed a request with the Board for the Correction of Naval Records, which has the authority to correct a service member’s record. The board denied the request but said it would reconsider if additional evidence was found. With the help of a JAG captain, the team was able to identify evidence not previously considered. This time their persistence paid off and the client was awarded the full $100,000 to which he was entitled.