After 8 years of service and months of headache with the VA, they returned their decision to award me benefits based off of my service related injuries.
I have been awarded a percentage which classifies me as a Disabled Veteran and gives me some useful tools at my disposal.
However, the VA is ****ing high with some of the stuff they did. I had right knee surgery as most know and the Doctor said the Arthritis inside it was caused by the injury, the VA said it was NOT service connected. That's total BS!
Also, my left AC separated a few years ago and since then my shoulder has never been the same. I can't do arm circles or push ups because my shoulder will dislocate. They said it was service related but awarded me 0% and may decide to evaluate it. Oh, they're going to evaluate it. I promise you that.
This is part sharing decent news and an angry rant. The VA sucks. I'm going to go write my rebuttal for my rating and get these other 2 things added. Thanks for listening.
SSgt (vet.) Darrell Mogg