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The Desolate State of Veterans Affairs

jds vet Wrote: Feb 15, 2013 6:17 PM

If you get a medical and the MEB comes back 30% or more you have all of the same thing as if you made your 20. under 30% you get a lump sum payment based on the years and rank. The VA gives free mental health care to any vet. Everyone goes to a TAP to learn of the programs and how to use them. If he had a problem with PTSD before getting out he could have been 50% and VA by law had to give him 50% too. Something does not smell right Anyone can say he is the shooter and the DoD will not say one way or the other.

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The Desolate State of Veterans Affairs

Earlier this week during an interview with Esquire, the SEAL who killed Osama Bin Laden discussed what happened following his retirement from the Navy:

"I left SEALs on Friday. My health care for me and my family stopped at midnight Friday night. I asked if there was some transition from my Tricare to Blue Cross Blue Shield. They said no. You're out of the service, your coverage is over. Thanks for your sixteen years."

The shooter, not even two years removed from the Bin Laden operation, still struggles to receive support from the U.S. government.

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