Be advised, there is some coarse language in this one.
Himself got a judgment from DC.
The judge did not look at the addendum.
The judge said since the (San Diego VA) Region messed up in the first place, it was on the Region to fix their decision.
The judgment calls for all pertinent medical records to be provided to the region, and to have an "expert" evaluate Himself's condition and say "in his opinion," is this an injury that was sustained during active combat.
How fucking hard is it to admit that y'all made a mistake and man up and correct it?!
Oh right - to correct your error means you would need to pay out MONEY, which you would rather spend on shiny new weapons you probably won't be able to use anyway, and why pay money to a veteran who has a "terminal" diagnosis and will probably die "any day now"!
The level of Patriarchal Bureaucratic Bullshitting here is mind-numbing.
Make no mistake, Himself will continue to fight this, and I will be by his side, even if we wind up going to DC so he can argue his case before the goddamn Supreme Court if necessary!
In the meantime, we need to do some major scrambling to see if we can get ANY extra help at all, and a Chapter 13 bankruptcy filing may be our only solution.
Needless to say, I crushed it on several of the exercise devices during our workout today. I also chose to load up the dishwasher rather than sit around and feel sorry for myself.
I'm also glad I started thinking about Acting As If we might not get any money at all at the end of May, so when this blow came, it did not send me into a complete tailspin.
Still, I'm not happy.
Bloody Hell...or as Himself would say, Shit, Piss, and Corruption!
I am so sorry you are having to deal with the bureaucracy bull. Hopefully someone will get their head on straight and do what is right by your husband.
ReplyDeleteWe're talking the Veteran's Adminstration, so neither one of us are holding our breath. ;)
ReplyDeleteWe're not done, not by a long shot.