> 400 Disabled Veterans Raise Hell At Congressional Hearings On VA Budget
7 April 2005, 17:55
This is in reply to the article about changing the definition of disabled veterans. I am a disabled veteran whose disability is not combat related, so this affects me directly. No, I did not face the enemy directly, but I supported those who did. No, I wasn’t injured by combat, but it hurts just as bad. There are those who will say I could have gotten hurt on a civilian job and that may be true. But one of the things I was told was that should anything happen to me while on active duty my medical needs would be taken care of by the military. I went through a long and detailed process to be declared disabled. Believe me, I would have preferred something different, but it was not to be. At this stage of the game, to tell me I don’t deserve benefits I worked for and was promised is worse than being shot by the enemy. I’m being ambushed by the very people I thought I was protecting and defending.
This is in reply to the article about changing the definition of disabled veterans. I am a disabled veteran whose disability is not combat related, so this affects me directly. No, I did not face the enemy directly, but I supported those who did. No, I wasn’t injured by combat, but it hurts just as bad. There are those who will say I could have gotten hurt on a civilian job and that may be true. But one of the things I was told was that should anything happen to me while on active duty my medical needs would be taken care of by the military. I went through a long and detailed process to be declared disabled. Believe me, I would have preferred something different, but it was not to be. At this stage of the game, to tell me I don’t deserve benefits I worked for and was promised is worse than being shot by the enemy. I’m being ambushed by the very people I thought I was protecting and defending.