This series contains materials related to Ratner's tenure with the National Veterans Legal Services Project (NVLSP). A bulk of the cases represented involve Agent Orange. The series also includes Ratner’s legislative drafting to enable prevailing attorneys to collect Equal Access to Justice fees in COVA cases,NVLSP office files and material related to the U.S. Court of Veterans Appeals (COVA). Cases included are: LeFevre v. Secretary of Veterans Affairs; American Legion v. Derwinski/Brown; Hercules v. U.S.; Hamilton v. Brown; Cooper v. Secretary of the Air Force; William A. Smith v. Brown/Derwinski; Patterson v. Brown; Fugo v. Brown; Nehmer v. U.S.A. Veterans Administration; Russell and Collins v. Principi.