> 400 Disabled Veterans Raise Hell At Congressional Hearings On VA Budget
6 April 2005, 16:53
I just went o the VA hospital yesterday to put in the claim for my service connected disabilty. I think that it is a absolute shame that we have people like Rep. Buyer as a representative of the american people. It is is more tragic that he is still in the military commanding trrops. I didn’t go to combat but that doesnt mean that the problems that I have are any less important that a soldier that did. I have my disabilty because I was in the military training so if one day I would have been called to combat I could be ready. I was told yesterday that if I would have gone to Iraq I would have been able to get a VA id card and received treatment general treatment from the VA. Basically telling that beacuse I didn’t go to Iraq my 8 years of service isnt as important as the person who served in iraq. And now that I am out of the service this republican is saying that I shouldn’t get any compensation for my disabilty beacuse it is not combat related or that I am not a veteran because I didnt go to combat. This makes me sick. I wonder how he would feel if he developed a disabilty becuase he was serving his country that prevented him from something so simple as to get down and teach his first born how to crawl and then be told because its not combat related your sacrifice isnt good enough and you get nothing if he would like it. I think absolutely everything must be done to remove this person from his position as a Colonel and as a representative of the American people.
I just went o the VA hospital yesterday to put in the claim for my service connected disabilty. I think that it is a absolute shame that we have people like Rep. Buyer as a representative of the american people. It is is more tragic that he is still in the military commanding trrops. I didn’t go to combat but that doesnt mean that the problems that I have are any less important that a soldier that did. I have my disabilty because I was in the military training so if one day I would have been called to combat I could be ready. I was told yesterday that if I would have gone to Iraq I would have been able to get a VA id card and received treatment general treatment from the VA. Basically telling that beacuse I didn’t go to Iraq my 8 years of service isnt as important as the person who served in iraq. And now that I am out of the service this republican is saying that I shouldn’t get any compensation for my disabilty beacuse it is not combat related or that I am not a veteran because I didnt go to combat. This makes me sick. I wonder how he would feel if he developed a disabilty becuase he was serving his country that prevented him from something so simple as to get down and teach his first born how to crawl and then be told because its not combat related your sacrifice isnt good enough and you get nothing if he would like it. I think absolutely everything must be done to remove this person from his position as a Colonel and as a representative of the American people.