After reading this article I’m speechless. I’ve been working with member JM on his claim which falls into the same category and he’s being handed the same baloney sandwich. We all signed on the dotted line with no codicils other than that we were doing this of our own free will.
The legislation, if allowed to stand, makes those of us inadvertently injured during training out to goldbricks and charter members of the Safeway® Slip and Fall Club. I find that insulting. To lump all Vets injured in training under this reading of law is to condemn them to being morally suspect. There’s also the financial shortfall of someone who now finds him or herself unable to work as JM does with no apparent path to remuneration.
LawBob sends me this and I think immediately of how, one day, Americans are going to say “Piss on it. Serving my country is fraught with danger and the chance of getting screwed out of benefits far outweighs the moral satisfaction. No thanks.” That day is not too far off if legislation like this is allowed to proliferate. It’s bad enough for career military troops waking up ten years after service to discover their right to free medical care (promised on enlistment) just got another TRICARE haircut. That’s happened about ten times already.
George Washington was very farsighted and discussed this in detail so it isn’t as far-fetched a concept as some would think.
The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional as to how they perceive Veterans of earlier wars were treated and appreciated by this country.
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Veterans Claims Help 
They seem to be making alot of cost cutting lately.Last 4th of July I had a medical problem and save some money, I dro0ve myself to the closest hospital.(about 12 blocks) My good ole VAMC deceided that they needed to treat me, so THEY ordered an ambulence to take me the 60 mile trip to them. Now the other day, I get a billing from ambulence company saying that the VA denied payment to them.They ordered ,I pay??? Bad thing was company was 100′ from hospital parking lot and I was billed $1000 for that 100 feet.They charged $995 for the next 60 miles.I drove under distress to keep from paying and whats worse, I could have probably could have walked the 100′ to the ambulence company if I knew that I was going to have to pay.In the past I could complain to Dallas, Tx. Now it seems I have to file some type of claim with my RO to file an appeal. Geez,these folks have yet to approve anything from me.They seem to no longer want to treat me. Thank God they haven’t cutoff my meds yet. But most of my meds I get now from Walmart. $10 for 3 months instead of $24. So 6 of 9 prescriptions ordered by VA come from Walmart. Once they find that out they will probably cutoff my meds too.(Recent trip to OKC to get an IMO may have found me a good lawyer at Drs office.He has the beadiest varmit eyes, which means I may win a claim someday) Mikey Likes it!!
“In a provocative recent ruling, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims wants the Defense Department to justify a Bush administration-era decision that an injury during combat training doesn’t qualify a veteran for the enhanced benefits that are provided to those who are injured during combat.”
I agree with the author. It seems this decision is based solely on attempting to save the federal government money, and at the expense of Veterans.