[DUMBGRUNT]

Castillo is in the midst of a breakdown of his brief marriage to a childhood sweetheart. But even that, he said, isn't going to sink him.

Question? Does his soon to be ex have any rights to his VA or other compensations?

Too many times we hear of the men who marry too young and too quickly. It rips your heart out.

One I know of a young man married his new love before he shipped out to Iraq. Tragedy struck and he was killed in battle.

The 17 year old widow refused to give the family any of his personal items! He had filled out all the forms that made her his legal wife. The family cared nothing for any money.

The young women who knew him for a few weeks will most likely forget him when the money runs out.

[SandRat]

That's a legal issue based on the number of years the marriage lasted but I think that since it's 100% Medically Retired VA medical care and support funds from a 100% VA Disability she may just be whistling past a cemetery.

[Gay State Conservative]

The 17 year old widow refused to give the family any of his personal items!

Yes,the case mentioned in this article could well be a case of a lack of true love...a marriage of convenience...a lack of loyalty.But I don't think we can be sure of that.And as for the 17 year old widow...that,too,could be a case of selfishness...a lack of true love.But,IMO,it could also be a case of a young girl,lacking much of the wisdom and experience that she'll probably have at 40,being so distraught that she figured that his "personal items" were all that she had left of him.

Just my 2 cents' worth.