{"id":22258,"date":"2011-02-12T09:48:19","date_gmt":"2011-02-12T13:48:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=22258"},"modified":"2011-02-12T09:58:57","modified_gmt":"2011-02-12T13:58:57","slug":"22258","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=22258","title":{"rendered":"It’s not ALWAYS the DVA’s fault"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have to tell you that I’ve read this article no less than five times<\/a>, and I still don’t understand what the Hell these people are talking about. But I will preface my opinions with the fact that it’s been my experience that Desert Storm veterans who stayed far from the fast-moving battle are the biggest crybabies on the planet. I, personally don’t believe in the “Gulf War Syndrome” because most of the people who complain of the vast, unrelated symptoms were far from the front. But here are my latest reasons to disbelieve;<\/p>\n

One solider trying to get help from the Veterans Administration for combat-related injuries says he has been turned down, because his records are missing. He says he has all the medical records for the time he was in the states, but the records for everything that happened outside of the country are gone.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I don’t know what this ass clown is talking about. When I deployed, this time was like every other time I deployed – my medical records deployed. When I went back to my home station, the medical records jacket went back, too. Do you have any idea how labor intensive it would be for clerks to pour through every records jacket and pluck out the pages which referred to medical treatment for the time period of Desert Storm and destroy just those few pages just to save space?<\/p>\n

So, does he have his medical records, or does the VA have his medical records. See how I can get confused?<\/p>\n

When I had my second heart attack, the ambulance took me to the VA hospital. I didn’t have an ID card or anything. They checked my SSN and verified that I was eligible for treatment. So why is everyone else having all of these problems except me? I’m not saying the VA is infallible, I’m just saying there’s a right way and wrong way to do things.<\/p>\n

This Gulf War veteran served 20 years in the Army. The Veterans Administration has documentation he served in the 82nd Airborne division as an Army ranger and made 125 parachute jumps. All of his claims, including hearing loss, ankle and back injury, have been denied because efforts to obtain service medical records for all potential sources were unsuccessful. He says all his medical records are gone.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Why would the VA have records of this guy being a “Ranger” in the 82d as well as his jump log? When I retired, the Army sent my MEDICAL records to the VA, the VA didn’t need to know where I served and what my job was (and the last time I checked, there was no “Ranger” duty position in the 82d – so what’s up with that?). My personnel file went to Record Center in St Louis, not the VA. The Army helped me file my claim with the VA before I retired and the claim went to the VA with my records.<\/p>\n

In the beginning of this article, the author explains that none of the soldiers wanted to give their names to the story because they know “what the government is capable of doing” insinuating that the government will send bureaucratic ninjas after them and kill them when they’re sleeping with wire-guided nuclear throwing stars. I’ll wait for the movie.<\/p>\n

Yeah, I know, I’m supposed to support all veterans all of the time, but sometimes I just can’t wade through the bullshit without saying something. I just think the story would have ended up differently if the “journalist”, Mike Deeson, would have checked out his interviewees more closely, rather than just printing what he wanted to hear.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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