[Pen-l] More mistreatment of veterans

["Jim Devine" <jdevine03@xxxxxxxxx>]

>From SLATE, 11/25/08:
>The LA [TIMES] fronts a startling look at how some injured veterans are falling victim to a "little-noticed regulation change" that took place earlier this year that amended the military's definition of what constitutes a combat-related disability. The regulation seems nothing short of nonsensical, not to mention cruel. The Pentagon now differentiates between those injured during actual combat and service members who are wounded in other situations. So someone who is injured by a roadside bomb in Iraq while not participating in actual combat would be entitled to smaller disability payments. Veterans' groups are lobbying to get the rule changed and are getting some support from lawmakers. "I was blown up twice in Iraq, and my injuries weren't combat-related?" said a Marine who estimates he was denied about $16,000 in benefits before he fought the Pentagon and won a change of his designation. "It's the most imbecile thing I've ever seen."<
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Jim Devine /  "Nobody told me there'd be days like these / Strange
days indeed -- most peculiar, mama." -- JL.
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