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Veterans Face Vast Inequities Over Disability - New York Times - 0 views

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Allen Curry of Chicago has fallen behind on his mortgage while waiting nearly two years for his disability check.
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- patrickhittson on 09 Mar 07
  
  Chicago has the next largest percent of claims. Why would it take so long for them to get their money?
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Chicago has the next largest percent of claims. Why would it take so long for them to get their money?<br><br></div>
  
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When 5,000 new troops get deployed from California, you can logically expect a percent of them will show up at the V.A. in California in a year with predictable types of problems.”
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a study that will examine state-by-state differences in average disability compensation payments.
- patrickhittson on 09 Mar 07
  
  Shouldn't there be a nation wide compensation payment
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Shouldn't there be a nation wide compensation payment<br></div>
  
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Bronze Star for his service in Iraq
- patrickhittson on 09 Mar 07
  
  a bronze star and no money
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">a bronze star and no money<br></div>
  
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his previous life as a $60,000-a-year postal worker
- patrickhittson on 09 Mar 07
  
  makes him sound like hes already dead
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">makes him sound like hes already dead<br></div>
  
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James Webb
- patrickhittson on 09 Mar 07
  
  Shane do you now this guy?
  
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- patrickhittson on 09 Mar 07
  
  look this guy up he looks just like you.
  
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repeatedly urged agency managers to track data so they could better meet the needs of former soldiers. “Where are the new vets showing up?” Mr. Meskin said he kept asking. “They just shrugged.”
- patrickhittson on 09 Mar 07
  
  Who shrugged?
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Who shrugged?<br></div>
  
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flux of veterans from the Iraq war has nearly overwhelmed an agency already struggling to meet the health care, disability payment and pen
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patrickhittson on 09 Mar 07

Wouldn't the govt. help w/ mortgage payments if he was waiting on a govt. check
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<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Wouldn't the govt. help w/ mortgage payments if he was waiting on a govt. check<br>?<br><br></div>

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patrickhittson on 09 Mar 07

I'm willing to guess that they can come pretty close to guessing that percent that will show up in the VA

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I'm willing to guess that they can come pretty close to guessing that percent that will show up in the VA<br></div>

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