PTSD Marine Veteran Ticketed at VA Over Service Dog

Man claims he was attacked for having service dog in VA hospital
Local 10 News
Published On: Aug 04 2014

From 10 News Transcript
I WAS TREATED LIKE CRAP. VETERANS INJURED IN POWER. BETRAYED EQUALLY BY HIS OWN COUNTRY. HOW COULD YOU TREAT ME LIKE THIS? TONIGHT A LOCAL 10 INVESTIGATION UNCOVERS ALLEGATIONS OF A SOLDIER.

TRAMPLED ON MY RIGHTS. NOT JUST ME. HIS SERVICE DOG. AND THE WHOLE TIME HE'S THERE. AND SHOCKING DISSERVICE FROM MIAMI VETERANS HOSPITAL.

HOW IS IT POSSIBLE THAT SOMEONE WITH THAT DISABILITY CAN COME IN TO THE V.A. AND RECEIVE THIS TYPE OF TREATMENT?

THE TREATMENT HE SAYS WASN'T JUST SHOCKING BUT ILLEGAL. ALL THIS HAPPENING TO A DISABLED VETERAN AT THE ONLY HOSPITAL HE CAN GO TO. INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER ROSS HAS THE ONE AND ONLY STORY FOR US. ROSS?

THE VETERAN HAS POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER AND IT'S VERY COMMON AMONG VETS. NOW, TONIGHT, HE SAYS THE TREATMENT THAT HE GOT AT THE V.A. IS SHOCKINGLY COMMON AS WELL. FRIENDS DYING AND GETTING INJURED. 9 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AND A FEW SHORT WEEKS SINCE THE SHELLING AND SHOOTING AND SCREAMING. YOU KNOW. AND NOW ALL OF IT, TO THIS DAY.

I STILL REMEMBER THE ROADS I PATROLED OUT THERE. ONLY ONE DAY AWAY FOR THIS MARINE. I STILL REMEMBER LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY. TODAY THE MEMORIES STILL HAUNT HIM. IT WAS TOUGH, YOU KNOW? LEAVING HIM IN THE TOUGH BATTLE AGAINST POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER. I FREAK OUT THE LAST 30 SECONDS BUT THAT LAST 30 SECONDS IN YOUR BRAIN IS SO REAL!

MARTINEZ NOW FIGHTS THAT REALITY WITH A SERVICE DOG DONATED BY A FAMED NATIONAL TRAINER TO DEAL WITH PSTATISTICSER D. I GOT DUKE SO HE'S ON ALERT SO I DON'T HAVE TO BE ON ALERT.
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