This individual served in the early to mid 1980's. I have heard him and his deceased wife talk about waking him and he has her by the throat before he is completely awake. They talked about how you had to wake him with a stick or something so you didn't have to get too close to him. He had told me about being unable to wear his c-pap because of feeling like he is being strangled/chocked. He was a 19D, a calvary scout. The only place he could serve was the Korean DMZ and the border between east and west Germany. He has talked about "destroying equipment" when they fired on stuff in the DMZ. His sergeant told him to look at it that way. He has said his VA doctors have told him he has PTSD. What do you think?
He has done handy man work for years. Right now he has been down with his back for several weeks. I think that issue may have come from service. I am having trouble getting him to fill out the form and apply. He talks about no records and stuff being classified. He has documentation of being at the Korean DMZ. He was paid hazard/combat pay. I think he still has pay stubs. Anybody have any idea how I might help convince him to apply for the benefits he earned?
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This individual served in the early to mid 1980's. I have heard him and his deceased wife talk about waking him and he has her by the throat before he is completely awake. They talked about how you had to wake him with a stick or something so you didn't have to get too close to him. He had told me about being unable to wear his c-pap because of feeling like he is being strangled/chocked. He was a 19D, a calvary scout. The only place he could serve was the Korean DMZ and the border between east and west Germany. He has talked about "destroying equipment" when they fired on stuff in the DMZ. His sergeant told him to look at it that way. He has said his VA doctors have told him he has PTSD. What do you think?
He has done handy man work for years. Right now he has been down with his back for several weeks. I think that issue may have come from service. I am having trouble getting him to fill out the form and apply. He talks about no records and stuff being classified. He has documentation of being at the Korean DMZ. He was paid hazard/combat pay. I think he still has pay stubs. Anybody have any idea how I might help convince him to apply for the benefits he earned?
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kanewnut
Are you sure they were still using AO in the early 1980's? Is that like saying a unicorn? Because I have never seen one and I don't think I have ever heard of one.
KevinB1900
Hey, I’m service connected at 100% (multiple service connections) for my service in the DMZ along the border of North Korea in 1981 and 1982, I was 11-B (infantry, M60 machine-gunner). I didn’
pwrslm
FYI There is a special board operating on this subject. Attached PDF tells about it. The VA has a duty to seek out these records whenever classified information may be involved with unit activities
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