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Veterans Admin Won't Pay Disabled Veteran Bills

Submitted by beanyquest on Fri, 02/26/2010 - 12:51am

I'm a disabled veteran. 100% permanent disability, with a permanent individual unemployability rating.

With this level of disability the VA is required to pay the medical bill if I have an emergency room (ER) visit. Do they do the right thing? NOPE!

Kidneys are BOSS!!!

Submitted by Robert G Gourley on Mon, 02/09/2009 - 10:23am

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At about 5 a.m., on January 31st of 2009, I was driven to the Corvallis Good Samaritan Emergency room falling into a nauseating, strength draining, poisonous pool of unconsciousness – my kidneys had failed.