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That photo is a bit off.

He’s holding a Veterans Affairs Healthcard. His printed card says they are not helping.

If he has solid evidence of PTSD, he’ll get disability payments from VA, but he has to do the filing for a claim carefully and understand the procedures. There are many sources of help for this.

The VA will make him jump through hoops to get the monthly disability payments, but if you’re a taxpayer you would want it that way. I don’t know how he kept all that camo gear when he got out.

Oh and btw, it has always been badly labeled. It’s not a disability payment. It’s an injury payment. If he got injured during service, he gets compensated for life. Not disabled. Wrong word. There are lots of guys walking with a slight limp from an in-service injury, and they do not think of themselves as disabled and never file a claim.

But they are going to go thru life with that injury. They are entitled to some compensation.

>>>>The VA will make him jump through hoops to get the monthly disability payments, but if you’re a taxpayer you would want it that way.<<<<

My husband, a Vietnam Combat Vet, went though the process of filing a disability claim with the Department of Veterans Affairs.

He discovered that the VA is an unwieldy bureaucracy that uses a complex combination of federal statutes, regulations, and internal policies when deciding claims for VA benefits.

As a result, the VA makes many mistakes when reviewing claims and those oversights often result in Veterans being denied compensation that is rightfully owed to them.

These VA missteps are not only frustrating, stressful and time-consuming for Vets, but can result in potentially devastating financial consequences. Unfortunately, the odds are often stacked against individuals attempting to navigate their way through the complicated VA system without legal assistance.

It takes years, even decades, for a Veteran to receive the compensation they deserve because the VA will deny and delay hoping they’ll give up or die.

He eventually hired an attorney, but passed away due to Agent Orange poisoning before the VA rendered it’s final determination which ironically turned out to be in his favor.