The above picture is Army veteran Daniel Perelmutter, denied aid for a heart transplant.
Via NY Post:
New York military veterans who survived the hell of war are now fighting the Department of Veterans Affairs to get the benefits they’re owed.
More than 8,500 New York vets, injured or ill as a result of their service, await decisions on their disability benefits. And those who appeal a decision face a wait of at least two years — and often much longer, advocates told The Post.
Stuck in a bureaucratic “black hole,” the New Yorkers feel the pain of vets who, as a government report has revealed, waited an average 115 days for a first appointment in a Phoenix VA hospital.
At least 23 deaths can be attributed to the waits, the VA admits. The head of Veterans Affairs, Eric Shinseki, resigned Friday.