Comments on: Congressman Jeff Miller Discusses House Veterans Affair Chair Post

By: petro kurkimilis

petro kurkimilis — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 03:34:55 +0000

Dear Sir: Please continue your support for hr-23 merchant marine veterans of ww 11.I’m an 84 year old merchant marine veteran who has’nt given up hope for eventual passage of this bill.I pray that this bill will be enacted into law for the few unsung heroes that voluntered their services and contributed so much to the war effort…I made my first trip at age 16 in a convoy to murmansk and many convoys in the atlantic pacific and the med including service as an able bodied seaman in a troopship in the normandy invasion. I registered for the draft when I turned eighteen and was told to stay on the ships because I was of more value to the war effort as a merchant seaman…….Sincerely and respectfully submitted–Captain Pete kurkimilis U.S.Merchant Marine ( retired )

By: Gary Schaffer

Gary Schaffer — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 21:05:07 +0000

Dear Congressman Miller, congradulations on your appointment to the House Veterans Affairs Committee.
My concern is with the fraud in the VA reguarding retired vets pensions entitlements. The system is broken when one retired vet draws full pension plus another full pension from a deceased retired vet spouse, yet lives with even another person reason being marriage would disqualify the second payment while other vets are sleeping in the street. Hopefully this is an area of concern for you to make distributions more fair and equitable for all vets. I’m a vet and draw nothing, however, there are vets in need of more assistance and if dispursements were more equal all could benefit from the system.

By: Robert A. Brown

Robert A. Brown — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 03:15:57 +0000

I have been fighting with the VA for 7years to corect a situation where theVA Regional Counsel in Dallas in concert with a VSR Ofice in Waco hid 11 claims fo over 2 yeas until an investigation was requested by the Texas Governor. 7 of those claims still have not been worked after an additional 2 yeas. Their conspiracy also ikmnvolved changing the medical files onm seveeral cases hiding clear evidence of medical malpractice. One of those cases is going before a Judge Feb, 2011, but I am told that no one wins an 1551 Claim. I guess we will see. I has only been 5 years and 2 months and thousands of hours of letters of complainto the VA, Congressmen, Senators to get to this point. I lost everything I worked for my whole life, also with m health. THE SYSTEM DOES NOT WORK!

By: Jim W

Jim W — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 23:15:13 +0000

I sure hope you can do all you are saying you will do. It is long overdue. I am a service connected Veteran and have had reasonable luck with the system but had some trials along the way. There are road blocks that Veterans should not have to deal with. The hardest part for most Veterans is being able to get into the system and then understand how the system works. Mentioning the VSO’s if it were not for them we the Veterans would be in deep trouble. The other unsung heros as far as I am concered are he staff and doctors who work so hard to deliver the very best they can for us. I would be remissed if I did not mention the thousands of volunteers who make the V.A. hospitals run. If you have ever considered volunterring this is the place to do it. Your help is always appreciated and needed.

By: usmcvietvet

usmcvietvet — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 18:26:16 +0000

I hope Congressman Miller considers the possibility of an increase in the monthly compensation rates for service-connected veterans. We deserve to live a decent quality of live, especially if our compensation is out only source of income. At one time, 2 or 3 years ago, a Study Commission did research on SC Disability monetary rates and came back with a recommendation that at least a 25% increase should be considered…all things equal. It was tabled, and then POOF..it disappeared. Please resume the process, again, of this possibility.
We sacrificed for OUR country, now it is time that OUR country sacrificed for us.
We received no COLA last year, and no COLA for this year. I have been receiving SC Disability Compensation since 1968, and over those 42 years tat has NEVER
been an increase in those rates. Just the paltry COLA increases to pacify us.
IT’S ABOUT TIME !!! Semper Fi.

By: xpeecee

xpeecee — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 13:44:10 +0000

Congressman Jeff Miller’s appointment to this position can only be seen as a positive for the military veterans of this country. We need more Jeff Millers in Washington…