A Diary about V.A. PENSION

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Tuesday February 06, 2007 · 7:07 AM PST

2007/02/06 · 07:07

I am writing about something that has largely been forgotten and that the Veteran's Administration will not acknowledge. It is called V.A. pension, or more specifically, NON-SERVICE CONNECTED V.A. PENSION. No one has written a diary about this on Daily Kos so this is a first. In 2004 I was awarded V.A. pension because I means tested and please remember that phrase, "means-tested." I was found to be permanently and totally disabled by the V.A. In 2005 I got married and in 2005 is when I started to understand what this pension really was and while it was almost the first time in my life I had a stable income; it also has turned out to be an Achille’s Heel. After this I went "congressman shopping" as it was expressed by another person within Mr. Regula’s staff. I didn’t appreciate the comment then and I still don’t because I wouldn’t have been congressman shopping had my own representative followed through! However, I did contact Mrs. Kaptur in Toledo after a suggestion from a friend in that area. Mrs. Kaptur actually did respond with a letter pretty much agreeing that my plaint was legitimate and that she would take this up in a committee in D.C. At that point I was feeling pretty good because I thought I’d made some progress in trying to straighten this mess out. NOT.

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