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Old 24th May 2006, 15:13
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can you also tell us why, once individuals are grievously wounded in the service of their country and in the furtherance of your policies, they are thrown on the scrap heap with little or nor compensation, following disgracefully expeditious medically discharged?
Our Veterans Administration (va.gov) is not perfect by any stretch of the imagination but we do a very good job of assisting Veteran's who have been wounded or injured while on Active Service.

Our veteran's organizations, American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Disabled American Veterans all work with the VA to assist recently discharged Veterans in registering for, and gaining compensation and medical treatment.

Perhaps, you might borrow a page from our book on this...it was a long hard fight over here which unfortunately still goes on. It will require a lot of dedication and hard work by Veterans to bring the issue to the public and your MP's to the degree something changes for the good. It takes organization and active groups of Veterans to acheive success however.

Look back at the fights we had over PTSD, Agent Orange, Gulf War Syndrome, and Rehab funding. War has some nasty after effects upon the survivors and they deserve longterm support and assistance from the government that sent them in harm's way.
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