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Stinky The Clown

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15. I got off active duty in 1969. I served the rest of my 8 year commitment in the USNR

Reply to Kaleva (Reply #14)

Wed Jan 3, 2018, 01:19 PM

Jan 2018

I was told that the VA was there for me if I needed it.

Every vet of my era was told that.

I know vets from my era and even later, with service similar to mine, who are now getting VA care because they signed up for it way back when.

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Care for all Veterans is not what you think. [View all] slater71 Jan 2018 OP

I know next to nothing about the VA system, PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2018 #1

Check this out. moondust Jan 2018 #2

That was never offered to me. GP6971 Jan 2018 #5

Check the income levels moondust Jan 2018 #7

I did GP6971 Jan 2018 #8

That's standard GP6971 Jan 2018 #3

It doesnt sound like that guy knew what he was talking about. flying rabbit Jan 2018 #4

I ran into the same thing GP6971 Jan 2018 #6

Here are the Priority Groups Kaleva Jan 2018 #9

Priority group 8 has some caveats though: flying rabbit Jan 2018 #10

That looks like what happened to the OP Kaleva Jan 2018 #12

Yeah, and a few other posters in this thread. flying rabbit Jan 2018 #19

That is absolutely true. And not widely known. Stinky The Clown Jan 2018 #11

Access to health care has never been a right for vets Kaleva Jan 2018 #14

I got off active duty in 1969. I served the rest of my 8 year commitment in the USNR Stinky The Clown Jan 2018 #15

Unless it was written in a contract, it doesn't hold up in court Kaleva Jan 2018 #18

Yeah, lucky for me (!) I'm poor... Wounded Bear Jan 2018 #13

hmmm my father never had an issue with money and the VA burnbaby Jan 2018 #16

Back in the 1990's, I transitioned from 12 years active to 8 years as a drilling reservist... haele Jan 2018 #17