Horrible, RIP sir, and thank you for all you did to help other vets.
Via Free Beacon:
A 63-year-old Navy veteran, Paul Shuping, ended his life in his parked car at the Durham Veteran Affairs Medical Center in North Carolina after the VA’s recent decision to deny him full disability benefits.
Shuping drove to the VA in Durham on Feb. 15 and shot himself with an old family .22 caliber rifle, local NBC affiliate WRAL reported Monday. He was discovered in the parking garage six days later.
James Alston of Triangle Veterans Outreach Center told WRAL that Shuping picked the VA facility for a reason.
Alston helped Shuping fight the red tape at the VA for partial disability benefits, which took two years for Shuping to obtain. The VA had recently decided, however, to deny Shuping full benefits. Alston believes this decision could have led him to kill himself.