Wounded soldier's fight doesn't end after leaving battlefield

[Rose Siding]

RENTON -- The day before his 22nd birthday, a bomb hanging from a tree along a road near Fallujah exploded above Rory Dunn's Humvee.

Dunn's forehead was crushed from ear to ear, leaving his brain exposed. His right eye was destroyed by shrapnel; the left eye nearly so. His hearing was severely damaged.
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Yet even as Dunn fought to overcome his traumatic brain injury and other wounds, his mother, Cynthia Lefever, fought the Army to ensure that her son continued to receive critical care from Army specialists. Lefever said the Army tried to pressure her son into accepting a discharge before he was ready -- pressure other severely wounded soldiers say they've experienced, too.
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U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., a member of the committee, said she heard similar stories from other wounded soldiers and their families.

"I think they (the Army) underestimated the number of wounded. No one predicted this," Murray said. "I don't know whether they are overcrowded or just trying to cut costs. No one is talking about it."

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/tch/local/story/6717741p-6605054c.html

[givemebackmycountry]

1. And they say that WE don't support the troops!

Lefever said the Army tried to pressure her son into accepting a discharge before he was ready -- pressure other severely wounded soldiers say they've experienced, too.


Typical Neo-Con bullshit.

[benddem]

2. which is really gross

since they cut the VA budget. After Lefever was discharged from the Army he'd go right into the VA. These people make me sick.

[niallmac]

3. The marching orders at the VA are

to be double super secret damn sure that all OIF vets are seen pronto if not sooner. They are political hot potatoes. This means that the line already formed by other vets gets longer and longer. Our country spends so much money on BS you would think taking care of the vets would be a slam dunk matter of conscience, a family value, a 'support our troops' display of honor for the government. Keep in mind I am a real radical though as I feel that ALL citizens deserve medical care.