Injured Army Veteran Fights Long Delays to Get VA Benefits
KMBC-TV (Kansas City, Missouri)
Jun 09, 2008
Kansas City, MO - An injured army veteran is now battling the Veterans Administration. For 17 years, Gary Connellis was a police officer in New York. He joined the Army when he was in his mid-30s, married and with a young daughter.
Connellis was injured in the line of duty. He told KMBC's Micheal Mahoney that he thought he'd be taken care of.
"I don't know who to turn to, what else to do," Connellis said.
Mahoney reported that the issue is over how badly Connellis was injured. Early Army reports describe it as chronic pain, especially in his lower back.
Other outside doctors report it as a herniated disc.
"The records are all there. This is problem within the system. A major problem," Connellis said.
A General Accountability Office report stated the Defense Department military evaluation process "often generates long delays in disability evaluations and creates confusion."
Connellis left the Army with a 30 percent disability rating, an honorable medical discharge and a severance.
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