Tammy: “Do you feel that the 30% rating that you have for the scars and the pain in your foot I accurate to the sacrifices that you have made for this nation? That the VA decision is accurate in your case?” Castillo: “Yes, ma’m, I do.” Tammy: “Y’know, my right arm was essentially blown off and reattached, I spent a year in limb salvage with over a dozen surgeries over that time period, and in fact we thought we would lose my arm, and I’m still in danger of possibly losing my arm, I can’t feel it, I can’t feel my three fingers- my disability rating for that is 20%.” Tammy: “I’m so glad that you would be willing to play football in prep school again to protect this great country. Shame on you, Mr. Castillo! Shame on you! You may not have broken any laws, we’re not sure yet, you did misrepresented to the SBA, but you certainly broke the trust of this great nation, you broke the trust of veterans. Iraq and Afghanistan veterans right now are waiting an average of 237 days for an initial disability rating and it is because people like you who are gaming the system, are adding to that backlog, so that young men and women who are suffering from post traumatic stress, from missing limbs, can not get the compensation and the help that they need, and I’m sure you played through the pain of that foot all through college. Well let me tell you something, I recovered with a young man, a Navy corpsman who while he was running into an ambush, where his Marines were hurt, had his leg knocked off with an RPG. He put a tourniquet on himself and crawled forward. HE is who played through the game, Mr. Castillo! You, did not!”
Posted on: Thu, 04 Jul 2013 20:14:19 +0000
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