I am so sorry for your condition ... you have my utmost gratitude and humble honor. But your injury is not comparable in any measurable way to a guy who pops a knee lifting a case of motor oil from a supply truck. Your injury is more important and deserving of tribute than the normal skeletal and muscle injuries that happen with all physical labor.
hetzman, your unfair situation is something I can get behind. My Senator Paul Wellstone is a freak, but he DOES chair the Veterans Affair committee I do believe (or he's a member, they're all equal Olympic Gods in that place). I'll be happy to place a call to his office on your behalf. Private e-mail me if you want me to, I can usually get to someone there who can rattle cages. I'll give him your phone number ... I thinks someone will call. That's a policy that needs review. Regards!
If people could get over their intial knee jerk reactions and look at all the facts, things could get done.
In the end a government by the people has to fight on two fronts:
1. jurisdictional duty and care forces someone somewhere to help the ones in real need. This is the work of individual and local groups for veterans that have a claim that should be mandated.
2. Fighting against chaotic forces as a nation means one cannot fully rely on market values, since the market sometimes does profit from the unfortunate situations of some, as price gouging proves. This is of a wider more general job that Federal jurisdiction could undertake.
But I think many are losing the purposes of government and what is a reasonable jurisdiction of the Federal and a reasonable demand of duty from individuals.