{"id":28801,"date":"2012-02-19T11:32:13","date_gmt":"2012-02-19T15:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=28801"},"modified":"2012-02-19T13:33:51","modified_gmt":"2012-02-19T17:33:51","slug":"veterans-benefit-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=28801","title":{"rendered":"Veterans benefit battle"},"content":{"rendered":"

Peggy sent us a link from a local Memphis TV station<\/a> about Tshonba Bernard, supposedly a veteran of the war against terror, even though they don’t mention which battlefields who is unable to get veterans benefits from the VA who says that they can’t find a reason for his claim for PTSD. Here’s a screenshot of his uniform in the video at the link;<\/p>\n

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Now, that’s not the uniform of someone who deployed to the war. There’s no combat patch and no campaign ribbons. There’s also no infantry cord, even though there’s an EIB and the brass looks like infantry branch insignia. There would be a CIB if he’d deployed with an infantry unit as his branch insignia indicates.<\/p>\n

AKO says he’s still in the National Guard and a sergeant in B Co. 1\/224th Aviation Regiment (unless there is more than one Tshonba Bernard in Tennessee). Now, I’m not sure if NG guys still in the service can get DVA benefits, but it looks like he’s getting treatment from the pile of pills on his nightstand in the video at the link above. <\/p>\n

While I agree that it takes entirely too long for veterans to get the benefits that they deserve, the media should do a better job of picking the veterans they use in their reports.
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\nAlso if he was National Guard, wouldn’t he get this instead?<\/a><\/p>\n

Also did anyone else notice this with the Air Assault Badge?<\/p>\n

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