This is more of the outrage that is going on, someone is really jerking these soldiers around.
Netzero attended a Barack Obama rally and interviewed an amputee who was from Chicago who wanted to see Obama.
"Richardson was one of several people I casually interviewed before the actual rally began — you can see my best of video here. Her story is unique because — despite being a 19-year U.S. Army veteran — she is not receiving full benefits. Why? Because, even though she lost her leg in Iraq, according to her story, the U.S. government has ruled it an accident and not a combat injury. She says she lost her leg when a tanker fell onto her tent."
Anything that happens to a soldier on active duty accident or not gets VA disability. That's the law. The people doing this to these vets are really out of line and should be jailed. She had 19 years active duty in the military and should have been medically retired. At a minimum she should be awarded 100% disability.
In the Walter Reed story there were vets with brain tumors that they said "existed prior to service." If the soldier had decent guidance one question would be all that is needed. "Prove I had this brain tumor when the initial physical was given and the physician said I was fit for duty."
There was another story of a soldier who fell running from a mortar attack and suffered a spinal injury and was also not given disability.
I don't know what is happening but these soldiers need some guidance from DAV or VFW service officers and their congress persons. If you hear of stories like this, please advise the person not to just roll over. They must fight.
Apparently this is our "support the troops" administration's way of keeping the cost for this fiasco below a trillion.
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