Gulf War Veteran Lost Everything Waiting 20 Years For VA Claim Approval

A veteran's long battle for benefits 
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By Aungelique Proctor, FOX 5 Reporter
Updated: Apr 03, 2015

FOX 5's Aungelique Proctor asked Muckle, “You are telling me the VA made you feel like you were nothing?” He lamented, “All the time. Like a piece of trash. I been taking paperwork to the VA for 20 years trying to get it straight."

Gulf War veteran Ronald Muckle says losing his East Point house is just one of the many calamities that happened to him while waiting for years to get the VA to approve his disability.

He says he went into the Navy at 17 years old and served for decades as a recruiter and even a flight engineer. But the 63-year-old says the problems started when he returned from Abu Dhabi in 1995.

He describes his body as "broken down" at that point. "I have the vertigo, tinnitus, hearing loss -- see where I have the hearing aids now. I have adjustment disorder, PTSD, MDD, manic depression. I have problems with my back; I have problems with my foot. I have digestive problems,” said Muckle.

Muckle says he served our country for 24 years, but he says he has gotten nothing but the run around from the VA following his service. He says the lack of his disability benefits led him to hit rock bottom. He ended up with a house in foreclosure, lost his family through a divorce and even became homeless. He blames the Veterans Administration for is problems.
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