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pigdriver
Hi Everyone,
I'm new to the forum and new to the VA process. I am a Marine Vietnam combat veteran and I am experiencing extreme difficulty with the current financial rating process while attempting to get care for service connected issues such as PTSD, hearing loss etc. I applied for benefits in October of 2008 after my employer closed his business and I lost health insurance benefits, the income the VA is using for eligilbility is our 2007 income which is slightly over the maximum for zero services copay. My 2008 income is below that threshold and my current income is way below the threshold. My problem is now I am on a fixed income with Social Security and I can not afford the
$ 15.00 copay per Doctor visit nor can I afford to pay the hospitalization fee of $ 1,068.00 for resident PTSD treatment which I desperately need. In other words I'm screwed. My attitude is I filled my part of the contract with Uncle Sam and now its time he filled his!! Any ideas??
The person who has nothing for which they are willing to fight,
nothing which is more important than they're own personal safety,
is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free,
unless made and kept so by the exertions of better persons
than himself.
Semper Fi
pigdriver
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