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Glorfindel

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8. I was lucky...I left RVN shortly before Christmas in 1967

Reply to unhappycamper (Reply #6)

Sun Mar 2, 2014, 09:25 AM

Mar 2014

So I wasn't involved in anything that happened during the Tet offensive. I'm glad you're getting the care you need from the VA. Keep us up-to-date, please.

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My recent VA experience [View all] unhappycamper Mar 2014 OP

I hope you'll be able to spot a pimple on a fly's arse at fifty paces in no time... MADem Mar 2014 #1

I'd be happy to hear the blinkers in my car, let alone a fly fart. unhappycamper Mar 2014 #2

Hee hee--I have that blinker issue, myself...I can relate! nt MADem Mar 2014 #3

Blinkers make a noise? Jackpine Radical Mar 2014 #5

Picture this: The day of the Tet attack January 31, 1968 unhappycamper Mar 2014 #6

I was lucky...I left RVN shortly before Christmas in 1967 Glorfindel Mar 2014 #8

There's so much I would like to say... pangaia Mar 2014 #13

You must have been shitting bricks--I know I would have been. MADem Mar 2014 #9

All tracked by the best electronic health records system... MannyGoldstein Mar 2014 #4

I've been getting care from the VA tom_kelly Mar 2014 #7

My wife (Army vet) and my own experiences have been excellent as well MrScorpio Mar 2014 #10

My husband has severe hearing loss due to Vietnam newfie11 Mar 2014 #11

My son VA_Jill Mar 2014 #12

Maybe I should go try for VA care again Plucketeer Mar 2014 #14

You really should go back again; tinnitis = 10% disability unhappycamper Mar 2014 #15

Thanks Plucketeer Mar 2014 #16

If you're going for a hearing disability, you will also need to file a claim. unhappycamper Mar 2014 #18

Thanks again Plucketeer Mar 2014 #19

3/4/2014 update unhappycamper Mar 2014 #17

My dad was diagnosed with glaucoma at the VA denbot Mar 2014 #20