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Military Dumping Injured Soldier's Benefits...

We should all be shocked and outraged by this treatment of our injured military personal:
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20070409/kors.

It's a long article that details an investigation into the military tricking injured soldiers into taking a Chapter 5-13 personality disorder for pre-existing condition discharge and thereby loosing their medical benefits... all to save the military money because they don't have to provide medical care to soldiers discharged with a pre-existing personality disorder. Soldiers discharged under Chapter 5-13 can't collect disability pay. Also, if a soldier dismissed under Chapter 5-13 hasn't served out his contract, he has to give back part of his re-enlistment bonus. That amount is often larger than the soldier's final paycheck.

We should do all we can to bring this disgusting treatment out into the public view, to make this common knowledge among as many soldiers as possible, and to pressure our elected officials to bring this before a Congressional investigation.

Sincerely,
Recoil

P.S. I read about this at: http://principledprofit.com/good-business-blog/2007/04/23/forced-psych-disorder-discharges-is-this-how-the-military-support-our-troops-for-shame/

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Posted by Recoil on April 24, 2007

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You are right, this is disgusting and should not be happening. Most of us never know exactly how the military treats soldiers, unless someone brings it to light as you have done.
Posted by Debbie on April 24, 2007 1:46 PM
I am outraged, also. I was in iraq and was told that i was being sent back to my duty station for the carpal tunnel syndrome that i have in both of my wrists. I was lied to in a very big way. I got command referraled to mental health where i got diagnosed with a personality disorder and that i was told that i would be put out with an administrative discharge chapter 13 from the army. I was told that it would be an honorable discharge, but i don't have a personality disorder or the money to pay to see a different doctor to get a different diagnosis. I was assaulted while in iraq and are having symptoms of ptsd. I am being screwed all the way around and my hands still haven't been taken care of. I can only hope that i will get sent to a med board for my hands and get some kind of assistance for them.
Posted by angry and confused on December 11, 2007 4:47 AM
From Recoil
Hello Angry...
Thanks for posting and thanks for your service to our country.
Before you have any type of surgery on your hands/wrist, please get this book: "End Your Carpal Tunnel Pain Without Surgery" by Kate Montgomery. You can order it from her web site at: http://www.sportstouch.com/Products.htm .
I have this book and it works. I had a lot of problems with my wrists and the doctor I was going to wanted to do the surgery. I didn't. I found this book and ordered it. At first I thought I'd been ripped off, but I did the exercises and stretches it shows and after a week or so, could tell a difference. It's not magic, but it helps enough that I don't need the surgery!

Take care,
Recoil
Posted by Recoil on December 19, 2007 9:24 AM

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