Saturday, April 21, 2007

Disability Issues For Vets Grow

Ok. Here we go again with another round of the government screwing returning, wounded vets. Following is a small excerpt from this infuriating article. Click on the link to read the whole article-- if your blood pressure can stand it.

NPR : Injured Troops Struggle to Get Health Care: "The VA has been more generous than the Army all around. It rated Ngo as 100 percent disabled compared with the Army's 10 percent rating.

The VA gives him a monthly disability check, which helps with his finances; his head injury and post-traumatic stress disorder have prevented Ngo from holding on to even a simple job since he returned home.

Ngo's mother, Hong Wyberg, says the Army gives soldiers such as her son low disability ratings to save money..."

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