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Army veteran: Key to getting benefits is persistence
http://www.tauntongazette.com/article/20140621/NEWS/140629179/1994/NEWSArmy veteran: Key to getting benefits is persistence
Dennis Proulx says it’s not always easy for a returning war veteran to convince the Department of Veterans Affairs that he or she has a medical disability deserving of monetary compensation.
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The 64-year-old Vietnam-era Army veteran said he initially sought help for hearing loss in 1971, after spending 14 months in South Vietnam, but was told his problem was not combat related.
He says he eventually filed for compensation in 2001 after other medical problems began to manifest themselves.
Proulx, who is vice president of the Tautnon Area Vietnam Veterans Association, says it took more than two years, but eventually he was declared 60-percent disabled. It took another couple years, he said, before he began collecting disability checks from the VA.