[Blindvet-talk] Fwd: Fwd: Fw: [VIVN#1556] Vets Fighting Mad
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NABlindVets at aol.com
Thu Nov 27 02:07:45 UTC 2008
Dear Mr. President,
We must stand fast and keep this nations promises to it's veterans.
If the article below is true then we are committing a terrible injustice
against
those who pay the price for our freedom , whether injured by a bullet or
a jump line they are serving this nation. They expect to be provided for if
injured
and we have promised them they would not have to worry, just follow orders
and
get the job done.
Dwight D. Sayer
President,
The National Association of Blind Veterans
A Division of the NFB
Email - presidentnabv at aol.com
or president at nabv.org
_www.nabv.org_ (http://www.nabv.org)
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Dwight D. Sayer
President,
The National Association of Blind Veterans
A Division of the NFB
Email - presidentnabv at aol.com
or president at nabv.org
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From: BlindguysRus1
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Sent: 11/26/2008 8:40:57 P.M. Eastern Standard Time
Subj: Fwd: Fw: [VIVN#1556] Vets Fighting Mad
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From: rickyf50 at hotmail.com
To: jdmcneil at bellsouth.net
Sent: 11/26/2008 7:39:34 P.M. Eastern Standard Time
Subj: Fw: [VIVN#1556] Vets Fighting Mad
----- Original Message -----
From: "sceptre" <sceptresmith at gmail.com>
To: "VIVetNet" <VIVN at googlegroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 3:57 PM
Subject: [VIVN#1556] Vets Fighting Mad
>
> Thousand of injured vets are fighting a new battle
> - - - By Rory Devine - - -
>
> The Pentagon narrowed the definition of a combat
> related injury. As of March, those with disabilities incurred while
> in a direct combat situation would get more benefits than those
> disabled during a training exercise for example.
>
> The Supervisor for Disabled American Veterans in San Diego calls that
> "inherently unfair." "An injury is an injury, whether it happened in
> a war or whether it happened jumping out of a plane during an
> exercise," said Jim Galliher. Galliher feels there is no greater or
> lesser veteran, and he is upset the Pentagon, as he said, "took it
> upon itself to redefine the law."
>
> The Pentagon says benefits should be greater for those wounded in
> combat than for those wounded during training, or hazardous duty not
> related to combat, or even while being sprayed with agent orange.
> Galliher said the differentiation doesn't stop there. He said the
> Pentagon also differentiates disabilities incurred in the same war
> zone. For example, military personnel who hurt themselves jumping
> into a fox hole to avoid a mortar attack during combat may not be
> classified as having a combat related injury because they were not
> shot or shelled.
>
> In Galliher's opinion, the Pentagon is making the change to save
> money. "It's a tough economy, let's not try to win the economy back
> on the back of a veteran," he said.
>
> He hopes people will write their representatives in Congress asking
> the Pentagon "to follow the law."
>
> For its part, the Pentagon reportedly says the change is in keeping
> with the law.
>
> First Published: Nov 25, 2008 5:43 PM PST
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