Oklahoma Vietnam Veteran Receives $600,000 In Overdue Benefits

Oklahoma Vietnam Veteran Receives $600,000 In Overdue Benefits
Feb 11, 2013
Lacie Lowry
News On 6

TULSA, Oklahoma - An Oklahoma veteran is enjoying a long overdue payday. The former soldier, from Tulsa, finally received $600,000 in back benefits that he was never paid because of a paperwork error.

The veteran wants to keep his privacy about the money, so we won't use his name.

He recently got paid for a claim he filed in 1986.

"It happened about three months ago and it's still soaking in. I still try to save coupons for the store. It's still soaking in," he said.
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