Posted on 02/08/2016 1:28:18 PM PST by servo1969
He was wounded in a foxhole in the Philippines in 1944.
"There were four guys in there, and two guys got killed," he told the station. "And then the other guy, he got his leg... Oh, hell. I guess he lost his leg. It was slit in four places where a grenade hit between us and I got one in my leg."
Limpert said he waited until now to apply for benefits because he is down to nothing.
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His application included plenty of documentation, including discharge papers, the names of his foxhole pals and the X-ray of his wounded leg. The proof also included his Purple Heart and two Bronze Stars he received in the Pacific.
Fox 2 reported the VA letter asks Limpert to submit affidavits from fellow service members, most of whom are dead, or the location of the hospital where he was originally treated.
"There ain't no hospital," he told the station. "We were in the jungles."
The station reported that Limpert's military records were apparently among the millions destroyed in a massive fire in Overland, Missouri, in 1973.
The station also reported that it sought comment from the VA in Washington without success.
Limpert has now turned to his local senator for help in the matter.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
—Agreed. VA health care is for those with major injuries in combat. It is not for Viet Nam vets like me. If Im crazy, I cant blame it on the Army.
In my opinion, the VA is not there for stupids who crash their car drunk either.—
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I never used VA for 35 yrs, always had employment health insurance. When a tumor grew around a 35yr old missed shell fragment in my leg I went to VA to get it removed and was put on a surgery waiting list for surgery 11 months later. Ended up getting it done on my dime at a regular hospital. I really felt it was the VAs job to help repair old combat damage missed by the Army field surgeons, but found that doesn’t matter to them. They state combat wounded vets get higher priority in the VA system, but they don’t. The lines just get longer
Is there a GoFundMe or something similar setup for this man? I’d like to help ......
Ugly Cruz supporters.....no surprise.
49 years since I was in the Army. I’ve never known anyone happy with the VA Hospitals. Mostly I knew people in the Chicago area down on Great Lakes/N Chicago VA. Maybe other areas are better. I’m in GA now. But only 1 co-worker is a vet (of Vietnam like me). He goes to private doctors. Never mentions the VA.
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