swamper

Hello troops, Today I have finally received good news in the mail. After a 36-month battle trying to prove that the VA was not looking at all of the facts I provided, I received my service connection for tinnitus. I thought they were going to make me drive to Detroit for a video hearing, but apparently they had discovered that they overlooked some key documents I had submitted, and which I brought to light on my last appeal, and to my District Congressman Dan Benishek. I thanked God with tears in my eyes when I read the letter. It could not have come at a better time, with my vehicle problems, no income for the past 9 months, and all of my other medical problems. Now I am going to push for a compensation case against Camp Lejeune for the contaminated water they knowingly let us drink, eat, and bath in, 3 and 1/2 years of it myself. I have Hepatic steatosis and have been suffering from strange unexplainable Neurobehavioral effects since 2004, which have changed my life forever and made it a living hell ever since, and throw in seronegative rheumatoid arthritis from out of the blue which took the wind completely out of my sails in 2011 leaving me unable to work (carpenter in and out of the National Guard) and got me medically discharged as of January 31, 2013. They need to pay for what they have done! My life is a total disaster. I will keep on trying and I hope everyone else affected by this does the same. Anyways a ray of sunshine came from heaven today and has given me the ability to keep living and pushing on. Semper Fi to all of my fellow Marines, Sailors, and families affected by this travesty of justice, Swamper.