[Blindvet-talk] Fwd: Fwd: Fw: [VIVN#1556] Vets Fighting Mad

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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
To:  NABlindVets
Sent: 11/26/2008 8:40:57 P.M.  Eastern Standard  Time
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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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