A Bloomington veteran passed away in August 2016.  He was rated by the VA as 60% service connected disabled for… Read more SBP, DIC, SSIA, and Reconsideration

On 15 September 2016 the US House of Representatives passed legislation to “reform the Department of Veterans Affairs appeal process.”… Read more Too Many VA Appeals? Why?

Larry Bruce injured his foot in basic training. The VA denied his compensation claim under 38 CFR § 3.12(d)(1). The… Read more The Story of Bruce v. McDonald, USCAVC Docket 15-3237, dated 5 January 2017

(Please excuse run-on narrative.  ‘Started as a Facebook comment.) The Department of Veterans Affairs cheated me out of about nine… Read more VA: “Hurting veterans means never having to say you’re sorry”

– or as the supply sergeant usta say – “Lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency… Read more Unintended Consequences

(The never-read eulogy for the Apollo 11 Lunar Landing Module crew, Aldrin and Armstrong.) As the Apollo Program neared the… Read more The Best Speech Never Given

On behalf of a people we really didn’t then and don’t now care all that much about. But they were… Read more A Special Kind of Courage

The author touches on why he does not think civilians should have weapons such as he used in Afghanistan. Working… Read more I met my automatic weapon in Bloomington

Please take a couple of minutes to read this article – Orlando Injuries Were Severe, but Trauma Care Was Nearby… Read more Suffering and Death, by the Numbers

The Army was too slow, but she knew what she’d done.