Disabled Veteran Waits More Than A Year For First Check From VA

More than a Year, Still No Check

Mike Trask


Las Vegas Sun

Apr 09, 2008

April 8, 2008 - Dealing with government bureaucracy is rarely quick or easy.

There are endless phone calls with automated systems, form letters and then more phone conversations with nameless people.

It’s even tougher when you don’t have a phone — or a house, or much of anything save the clothes on your back.

James Ross, 61, is a homeless veteran, having served in the Marines in the late 1960s. He spends his time in Laughlin, meandering around the casinos and sometimes sleeping in a friend’s van.

On Feb. 5, 2007, he was granted veterans disability benefits because of heart problems and bad feet. In government-speak he became 60 percent disabled, qualifying him for a $931 monthly check for which he’s eligible going back to Oct. 25, 2005, when he applied for the benefits.

In total, he’s owed $26,997.
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Alternative Post Title, How the disabled veterans end up homeless