On Sun, 19 Oct 2014 11:06:24 -0600, graham wrote:

> If a Vet is disabled or needs help because of service to his country,
> THE GOVERNMENT should look after him!

The government *should*, but sometimes they make the paperwork to get
help so daunting the Vet gives up.

I've got an Internet friend who had his Humvee flipped over by an IED
while serving in Iraq. He suffers from PTSD and started the paperwork
to get a VA rating. Eventually he became disgusted at the amount of
paperwork they wanted him to file to prove his claim that he just gave
up. Next thing you know he's threatening suicide and we're sending the
police to his house.

Luckily, once he was in the hospital he hooked up with a Service Rep who
took over the paperwork and the hassle that went with it.

For me it was a 12 year odyssey of going from 0% service connected (yes,
that's possible), to 40%, to 60% to 100%. For many of those years I
just gave up and didn't try to advance my claim.

--

-Jeff B.


"Excuse me.
I don't mean to impose,
but I am the Ocean."

~ The Salton Sea