Cassi Creek: We are
now in the 10th month since filing for Agent Orange/Parkinson’s
compensation with Veterans Affairs.
I filed
online via the Fast Track website established for Agent Orange claims. Supposedly, the delay time was to be minimal
compared to the routine procedure. There
is also an E-benefits website for VA that apparently has information about
claim status. However, that site
repeatedly tells me that information on open claims is not available. So there is no way to track claim progress on
the E-benefit site.
Further
annoying, the Fast Track program and site are being shut down by VA. Logging onto that site has always been futile,
as the status request has always returned the same response, “Claim in
development”
The American
Legion veteran’s service officer for the state has made a few phone calls but
he gets little more, if any, information than I do.
So we sit and
wait for the mail, hoping to find some reason to celebrate.
It is unconscionable
to treat the nation’s veterans in such a shabby manner.
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