This is an article about how Nam Vet's widows have been treated. When the Nam Vet dies, the widows receive nothing from the VA. This is wrong, we as wives of Vets went through allot while they were serving our country, yet our country abandons us when our Vet husband pass away.
To to this link to read an article:
http://www.veteranjournal.com/war-widows-benefits/
We are treated so unfairly.
We' e gathered 300+ widows of Nam Vets that have passed from GBM brain cancer.
ReplyDeleteFew widows have won their VA claims but the majority have been denied.
This is so very wrong. If one VA claim is won, we all should win.
After losing their husband's too soon, some have lost their homes and cars because no money coming in. This is so very wrong! Our husband's fought for our country in Viet Nam and now widows are in a fight to survive.
Weekly I receive new names of Nam Vets with GBM. We've grown so large of a community now. Been collecting names of Nam Vets with GBM and it continues to grow. No end in sight as of yet.
ReplyDeleteThe VA needs to help these widows, they lose their husbands and then lose their homes or cars. it's really sad our husbands went to Nam as young men, only to die 30+ years later from what they were exposed to in Nam.
So what progress have you made towards getting what you need? What hope can you give to those who are still fighting battles with the government? Do you have a list of stuff to keep somewhere? My father was a Korean War vet, was diagnosed with leukemia a year before he was working on an out-of-town base and received an injury that may have contributed to his demise of a heart attack. My mother wasn't prepared for having an autopsy done, so she waived it. It was only later that she found out that she should have had it done at the base hospital where he passed away. Educate people with what you have learned by experience. Get guests to tell their stories, because everyone feels alone. I've just been diagnosed with another rare disease and I was proactive in what to learn more about what I was dealing with, so I found the website for people like me and have read many stories of the progress researchers have made in learning more about my disease and then learning about methods and tips to cope with what I have. That's wonderful encouragement! Keep up the fight! I sent your blog url to several vets I know. Blessings.
ReplyDeleteHello, thank you for your comment on my blog, Lifespot www.angieslogspot.blogspot.com regarding how the VA treats the widows of our Vietnam Veterans. My mother had a simular situation when my father passed away she lost the family home and one of their vehicles along with her monthly income being cut in half. I don't know what has to happen for the VA take notice and see how taking away the husband's income that she has been accustomed to for several years is devistating and causes her to lose their home, vehicles and more. As it is there is thousands of Vietnam Veterans still waiting for benefits to be paid so for a widow to file a claim would take even longer to get approved and funds received. I'm not even sure if there is a form or a budget allocating funds for the widows. I also promised my father I would keep telling his story to raise awareness of what Agent Orange did to him and to my mother and our whole family. My father Sgt. Jimmy D McDaniel, US Army Special Forces, Forwarding Observer, Vietnam 1968. Bronze Star recipient lost his battle with Agent Orange nearly 5 years ago. He was a proud American who had no regrets. He is a hero, he is my hero. All of our Vietnam Veterans are hero's and their wives, children and extended family sacraficed so much and those who are still battling with the affects of Agent Orange are sacrificing so much every day. Being bloggers we have an incredible tool in our hands and by utilizing the power of the internet we can keep telling our fathers and husband's stories to continue to raise awareness of the devistating affects of Agent Orange exposure during the Vietnam War to our hero's who were serving their country and were poisoned. Thank you for sharing your husband's story with me and for letting me share my father's story with you. We may be just two people out of thousands of people affected by this horrible thing called Agent Orange but we speak for all of them every time we post on our blogs and share our stories with the world. We are keeping their legacy going and I know that we touch someone's heart every time our stories are read around the world. There are so many going through exactly what we are going through but they don't have the tools we have to get our words out there so we can do it for them. We can be heard by the right people if we are persistent and keep talking and hopefully they will understand how cutting the income in half for the widows is unacceptable and that not one single widow should ever be forced to sell the family home. I will keep trying to get our complaint to the right VA personnel and I hope you will be there with me bevayse together we can make an even bigger statement and get results immediately bevayse the families of our Vietnam Veterans can not continue to be put at the bottom of the list. The Veterans must get their benefits now and the widows must get their compensation now. I will keep you posted with any progress I make and please keep me posted with any progress you make. If any of your readers as well as yourself have any questions for me please email me at iluvashnaj@gmail.com and I will get back to you right away. I look forward to your reply and please send me your email address so we can discuss this urgent matter in more detail. Thank you and sincerely, Angie
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