Trouble with VA goes way back
I would compare the Veterans Administration to the TV program “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.” A few days ago, a Vietnam veteran friend showed me a report from the Chicago Tribune. It was a shock because of the VA Claims Processing System. I’ve known for a long time the VA has been falling way behind with thousands of veterans going way back to the Persian Gulf War, Iraq and Afghanistan with their combat and wounded veterans desperately making an attempt to get their deserved benefits.
The report that prompted me to write this letter was unbelievable. Some veterans even had trouble making the Veterans Administration believe they were even in a war zone. The most sickening part was about a veteran who tried twice to prove he served and he still couldn’t get through to them.
The report also mentioned the large amount of money it cost and will continue to cost to pay compensation for all the claims now and in the future because of the wars that are expected to go on and on.
The president is now saying all of our troops will be home by next July. You have to wonder, at the cost of not (only) money, but how many more American lives.