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| Re: [GMCnet] Any atomic testing Vets in the list? [message #233550 is a reply to message #233544] |
Fri, 20 December 2013 16:22  |
Robin Hood
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The nice thing about that lump sum payment is that it leaves cash behind
for any heirs VA benefits don't really go to any heirs for the most part.
Absent certain exceptions that I'm not going to get into here. :-)
On Friday, December 20, 2013, Robin Hood wrote:
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> Larry, check with your buddies father.
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> If we can confirm that he participated in the test, and if we can confirm
> a diagnosis of a brain tumor, then he would probably want service
> connection and VA benefits.
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> There is also a separate pot of money where the government makes a lump
> some payment of $75,000 or $100,000. Now we offset that with the VA
> benefits, but for a lot of guys in makes more sense to take the lump sum
> all at once.
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> A lot of veterans of the atomic testing are not aware of that lump sum
> payment that is available. It's also available to widows if the Vet didn't
> claim it well he was alive.
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> On Friday, December 20, 2013, Larry Davick wrote:
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>> Funny you ask. One of my high-school buddy's father was in the 82nd
>> Airborne in the late 50's, here in the States. He would volunteer for
>> whatever was available, since you'd almost certainly get leave afterward.
>> One thing he volunteered for was ground zero testing in the desert of
>> Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, somewhere I don't remember. They were told to
>> sit in their ditch until they got the go-ahead and then march toward ground
>> zero. They were told to look away from the blast - he remembers looking at
>> the hills and seeing more brilliant colors than he had ever seen before -
>> it was beautiful. Then as they marched in they were greeted by scared
>> rabbits and little else.
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>> Later in life, he must have been in his 50's, he was diagnosed with a
>> brain tumor. This was successfully removed, though he lost the hearing in
>> one ear and his tear ducts no longer work in one eye.
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>> He's as tough as any Airborne soldier and quite probably too proud to
>> take anything from anyone. I wonder if I could persuade him to do this for
>> his grandkids...
>>
>> By the way - he loves our GMC!
>> Larry Davick
>> Fremont, California
>> A Mystery Machine
>> '76 (ish) Palm Beach
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> Robin Hood
> Jackson, MS
> 2013 Subaru Outback "Top Flight"
> 1968 Pontiac Catalina "The Cheshire Cat"
> 1978 GMC Royale motorhome "Pinto Bean"
> 1977 GMC Palm Beach motorhome "Barn Queen"
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Robin Hood
Jackson, MS
2013 Subaru Outback "Top Flight"
1968 Pontiac Catalina "The Cheshire Cat"
1978 GMC Royale motorhome "Pinto Bean"
1977 GMC Palm Beach motorhome "Barn Queen"
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