Veteran dies after VA said he already was

UPDATE
VA: Wife Gets Back Pay After Veteran's Death Confusion
Chelsi Zash
12/8/2010
Caswell County, NC -- A veteran's wife did receive back pay from her husband's benefits following confusion about his death while he was still alive.

Floyd Holmes died December 2, one day after he convinced Veterans Affairs he was alive.

Marie Holmes, Floyd's wife, contacted WFMY News 2 after she felt like she hit the end of the road in the battle to get her husband's disability payments returned.
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Wife Gets Back Pay



This is one more case of the power for good the media has. What the VA did was wrong, a simple mistake, but they did little to fix it. Then WFMY News got involved, his benefits were restored, but he passed away the day after. Wouldn't it have been great if simple mistakes could be fixed right away and veterans did not have to suffer for it?

Veteran Dies Day After Learning His Benefits Were Reinstated
Chelsi Zash
12/2/2010




Caswell County, NC -- A local veteran died Thursday morning, hours after getting his benefits reinstated by Veterans Affairs due to confusion that he was already dead.

Floyd Holmes' wife, Marie Holmes, called WFMY News 2 earlier this week when she felt like she hit the end of the road in the battle to get her husband's disability payments returned.

Marie said there was a confusion after Floyd Holmes' son died several months ago. The Social Security Administration though Floyd Holmes died. She said the couple straightened that out, but ever since, Floyd had not received his disability check from the VA.

Floyd's health problems started with colon cancer, which lead to the removal of his large intestines and then problems with his kidneys.

WFMY News 2's Justin Quesinberry reached out to the VA Tuesday, and on Wednesday morning, Marie said she received a call from a VA representative saying they were going to reinstate his check in the next five days.

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Veteran Dies Day After