Veteran Blames VA Hospital For Terminal Diagnosis

Veteran Blames VA Hospital For Terminal Diagnosis
Reported by: Will Ripley
Last Update: 7/07 11:09 pm

LA FERIA - Vietnam veteran Dave Ebbert says mistakes made by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs may have cost him his life.

"They just don't care anymore about me. About us," he said. "And what are we supposed to do? Sit here and wait?"

Ebbert, 63, has a long list of medical problems including Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, skin cancer, diabetes, and terminal pancreatic cancer.

Ebbert says he cancer went undiagnosed for 9 months because VA doctros failed to perform a simple blood test. He claims doctors repeteadly ignored his complaints that his symptoms were worsening. Meanwhile the cancer had spread from his pancreas to his endocrine system, liver, and lungs.

Ebbert's wife Linda believes that 9-months will eventually cost her husband his life.

Making matters worse for the Ebberts, the VA has been processing their application for financial benefits for two years. The couple was forced to move in with their daughter Connie Bearden.
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Veteran Blames VA Hospital For Terminal Diagnosis