VA’s reputation for health care takes a thrashing

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3. I get what they are talking about but I'm not really sure if there is much that anyone can do

for some veterans.

Getting veterans benefits and a nice check every month doesn't seem to be doing much for me. I have a nifty 70% rating (worth roughly $1,500 a month tax free) and I'm currently on a schedule to see 1 or 2 doctors a week at the VA for my PTSD issues and it doesn't seem to be doing anything. Don't get me wrong. I appreciate the financial help and the healthcare I receive and I truly believe that the people at the VA want to help me, but I just don't think any of it does much good. I've been feeling like I'm slipping further and further away over the last several years and I've gotten so that I don't feel compatible in a "normal" society.

My wife makes it perfectly clear to me that she wants nothing to do with me. My brother (a veteran himself) and my parents seem like they don't even want to acknowledge me much either. My kids are at that age that they still unconditionally love me and adore with affection, but it is probably only a matter of time before they start to slip away too. How exactly is the VA supposed to help with that? Some people and some things can't be fixed.

Someone mentioned this above already. If the American people really want to help veterans, they should just stop making them.