Posted on 02/26/2010 9:57:16 AM PST by Fyscat
The Veterans Affairs Department says it will look again at the rejected claims of veterans who say their Gulf War service caused a mysterious illness, the first step toward potentially compensating them nearly two decades after the war ended.
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yeh...about as good as awarding the Merchant Marines of WWII benefits after 99% of them were dead.
It’s about damn time !
Well alot of the guys and myself are still alive and kickin....albeit with some problems. I noticed it didnt say anything about being in contaminated areas from the radio active rounds (A-10 anti-tank)......
Keep up the good fight..
You as well....
we were promised a VA clinic in our area (southeastern OK) and the state rep my cousin is talking to about it says he cant get a call back from Dan Boren our rep in DC..his right hand man is ben robinson at 1-918-687-2533...is always in a meeting...we were told that Bohnnemn(sp?)TX VA was blocking it because it would take patients from them ...a community buss has to provide all day transportation for each vet and the vet has to spend all day traveling no matter how sick he is....another guy got hung with a $15,000 copter ride for the flu ...we need a clinic here....right now VA is renting a nice space for a rep to show up a few times a month...maybe...anyone got an idea of how we can get Representative Boren to give us a reply?
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