Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Ribbons and car magnets don't cut it

MGx caught this piece (surprise surprise..NOT from the MSM).

The processing rate from DoD to VA varies around the country. Around here it is roughly four months but can take up to nine months in Hawaii. This story from Rawstory details how severely wounded veterans can lose their homes waiting for their benefits to be approved.

Read the rest at Rawstory
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And here is the rest of it.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

This is a tragedy in our country! I used to work for the VA advocating for veterans. It was a painful, long, and pride swallowing experience for these men and women who gave so much for our country... and were receiving so much in return. I hope we can improve this for their sake!

Diane J Standiford said...

We have GOT to fix this issue, all these wait times/SSDI/all about the interest the govnmnt is making.