alostvet's Blog

Once again the Veterans Administration has let down the people whom they are suppose to help. The government has become a place that has taken advantage of the ones who keep and have kept this part of the world safe. We hear everyday of the way this system has lets us down and as a veteran I am mad as hell!!!!!! This system has to change or we are going to end up with a military that we will not be to proud of. I had the pleasure of talking with Congressman Robert Wittmann's office this morning and found out that our Congress has no jurisdiction over the VA. So who does, is all the talking they do a dog and pony show, since they can't help us. Hearing the news this morning shows that the veterans are not high among the list of wrongs that need to be fixed. How can the government continue to ask our military to defend our country when you don't give us what we have earned or deserve? I have been fighting this system for 18 months and all you keep hearing is about the back-log of claims. What happens when our volunteers figure out that this system is not working, will the draft return? Through the whole campaign process the issue of Veterans care has not been touched. How is this possible, we have got to fit into this somehow. Everyday veterans are losing their homes, families and lives do to stress and strains of trying to get claims approved. This makes no sense, food, gas and the cost of living increase daily and the veterans can't afford to live. This government has no problems taking care of itself and the vet's should fall under the same system as the politicians. It is time for someone to take this serious and stop playing games with peoples lives. I have been out of work since October 2006 due service connected issues, and is ridiculous what I have had to go through. I have had to submit the same paperwork over and over again, which they said they still have not received it. You can't keep sending people out to do a job and not take care of them if they need your support or help. We gave our support to a government we believed in and now you are turning your back on us. This is going to eventually bite us where it hurts and the government we once served and honored is going to wonder why no one wants to serve. To all the politicians, this system is not working and you should see where our military is headed. Also why should veterans have to show a financial hardship in order to have claim expedited? This is a position no one wants to be in and should not have to face. I was not facing this type of hardship when I joined the Marine Corp and should not be put in that situation now. As a marine I was always told that putting yourself in a financial hardship is cause for disciplinary action!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It is time for the politicians to put as much time into protecting the veterans as they do in their campaigns.