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Uncle Sam Adds Insult to Injury

By Our Readers & Joshua Kors

This article appeared in the May 21, 2007 edition of The Nation.

May 2, 2007

Needham, Mass.

Thank God someone has finally lifted the curtain on the appalling practice of tagging injured veterans with "personality disorder" to avoid giving them VA care. The unconscionable, revolting, self-serving weasel words from the military bureaucrats make one's blood boil [Joshua Kors, "How Specialist Town Lost His Benefits," April 9]. How do we get this to the larger stage? It needs to be exposed as a massive scandal. Any decent person would share my reaction: white-hot rage.

JOHN BONAVIA

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About Joshua Kors

Joshua Kors is a freelance journalist based in New York. Research support was provided by the Investigative Fund of The Nation Institute. more...

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