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In reply to the discussion: Can I ask a Memorial Day favor? [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)47. I agree that it's not just VA medical--they've got other issues of an institutional
bent that need fixing. Their compensation evaluation, for example, is unwieldy and ponderous--and designed to be thus because people who need the help most give up on the process, and don't get it.
I have a good friend who works with people helping process applications--he's done a lot of good for dozens and dozens, really more like hundreds, of people down the years.
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Agreed. I also use it to honor my grandfather. We was a WWII vet who died on Memorial Day
PeaceNikki
May 2015
#23
So right that is why we have the ceremonies at the cemeteries. We also need to remember that
jwirr
May 2015
#24
I agree that it's not just VA medical--they've got other issues of an institutional
MADem
May 2015
#47
Thank you, hootinholler. Thanks for the reminder what Memorial Day is really about!
sabrina 1
May 2015
#46