Navy veteran has to prove to the VA she is still not dead,,,again

Veteran falsley declared dead
WISHTV.com
By Lori Wilson
August 27, 2013

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - An Indianapolis veteran is speaking out after she was falsely declared dead -- not once -- but twice.

Petty Officer Cynthia Keough-Scruggs called 24-Hour News 8 to share her story after we recently ran the story of another vet who had been falsely declared dead in Fort Wayne.

“I felt like it was a joke, like are you serious,” said Scruggs.

To the military, in 2009, Petty Officer Cynthia Keough-Scruggs was dead. She finished boot camp in 1986. She went on to serve eight years active duty in the Navy, and four years Reserve duty.

In February of 2009, Cynthia's 16-year-old daughter got a letter from the VA stating her mother was dead and they needed her to provide a death certificate. It took her months of phone calls and trips to the local VA to get reinstated in April.

Then, a few months later, in July of that same year, she got another letter claiming she was dead, and this time, the government said her estate owed them money.
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