Notorious Kelly Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20131017/NEWS01/310170012/Veteran-says-Fort-Harrison-VA-not-qualified "Charles Gatlin, a 38-year-old graduate student at the University of Montana, is a Ranger-certified Army captain retired on a disability. After being awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart, Gatlin was retired from active duty with a 70 percent disability rating for traumatic brain injury (TBI) suffered in Iraq by a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED). But the VA at Fort Harrison ignored three batteries of neuropsychological testing by the Department of Defense and dropped Gatlin’s 70 percent TBI disability to 10 percent and then added another 30 percent for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)............" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HadIt.com Elder Philip Rogers Posted October 18, 2013 HadIt.com Elder Share Posted October 18, 2013 Unf**king real!!! The VA pisses me off so bad!!!!!!!!!!!!! pr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berta Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 The veteran subject of this article could be one of hundreds and hundreds of veterans..... ooops I mean thousands...... VA ignores evidence all the time. What gets me is that this story isnt New news, to most of us here , it is news of the VA's SOP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halos2 Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 I hope he put in a NOD and appeal within the 30 day period to not loose his previous awarded amount granted. Other wise we all know he will be reduced and stay that way for years till his appeal NOD is place post 30 days, for years...What good is retro a few years from now when you have to eat, live, exist now!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
free_spirit_etc Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 "What gets me is that this story isnt New news, to most of us here , it is news of the VA's SOP." Yes. That is what is sad...is that it isn't even news. It is business as usual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motherof3 Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 WOW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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