Veterans Face Vast Inequities Over Disability - New York Times - 0 views
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red tape.
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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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Chicago has the next largest percent of claims. Why would it take so long for them to get their money?
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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.
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Bronze Star for his service in Iraq
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his previous life as a $60,000-a-year postal worker
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James Webb
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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.”
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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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Wouldn't the govt. help w/ mortgage payments if he was waiting on a govt. check
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I'm willing to guess that they can come pretty close to guessing that percent that will show up in the VA
