This has to be one of the saddest stories I read in a while. It's a wonder that the author is still alive. Being angry and frustrated doesn't help his heart condition either. I was reading about a vet who had three limbs blown off by a land mine and has been fighting for years to be justly compensated in the People's Republic of Canada. Members of Parliament are entitled to a lump sum of money for each loss of limb - but not the vet injured in a land mine while serving his country. Go figure.
Amazing how the politcians get themselves the best of everything and won't provide the same for the veterans.
So true. What's worse than the vets who don't get help, are the vets who are so damaged that they don't realize they need help. but it's my great fear that a lot of the guys who are homeless or disfigured or roaming aimlessly may have tried to get help at some point and gave up because they were not treated well.
One of the biggest problems in the so called system is the fact that a vet has to be energetic, persistent and determined in order to get what is coming to them. There are so many who can't do those things! The VA should automatically be there to walk them through the system and make sure they are cared for, but instead they further frustrate and humiliate them! This has GOT TO STOP!