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Old Agent Orange, You best leave my family out of this fight!
Upon graduating college in 2003, my daughter, Mandy, had no idea what she wanted to do. She attended a pacemaker check up appointment with me one morning at St. Thomas hospital in Nashville Tn. during my exam Mandy engaged in … Continue reading
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MY CONTACT INFORMATION (the author)
jamescripps9@aol.com Snail Mail james M. Cripps 3070 Petway Rd. Ashland City TN.37015
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Soldiers home for Christmas…Or not?!
Twas the fright before Christmas and I must confess, every soldier was praying, oh what a mess! In late 2009, more than one hundred 278th Tennessee National Guard soldiers departed Ashland City on several buses from the highway twelve 278th … Continue reading
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Walk a few hundred miles in my boots
I built this display and presented the well worn boots to my VA Podiatrist. Combat boots were really rugged, and an absolute necessity as tools of our trade in the US Army . We were all issued two pair. It … Continue reading
What Agent Orange related service connected Fournier’s Gangrene did to me, more than fifty years after my last exposure.
Me, sitting at the Rhyne Main Airport in Frankfurt Germany in 1970, awaiting my plane that would take me back to the world. In July 2020, I reported to the VA emergency room. Iwas only given a 4% chance to … Continue reading
Old Agent Orange don’t give up, but you an’t getting a hold on me!
Ok John, long read, but here is the skinny on the Fournier’s Gangrene and Agent Orange exposure that occured on a daily basis from 1967-1969, and probably more than you care to know, and more than I have ever admitted … Continue reading
Old Agent Orange just don’t give up, but you an’t getting a hold on me!
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Why even bother to file a hypretention claim under the Toxic exposures Pact Act?
Considering that I have four 100% individual P&T awards that are all static in nature, and all are more than ten years old, along with a a box car full of lesser ratings, also considering that my final rating is … Continue reading
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So, you were denied the CPAFC caregiver’s program ???
My answer to a SMC rated R-1 veteran who was denied PCAFC caregiver benefits. The question was, what do I do now? My answer: I already know that there was no proper “Statement Of The Case” included in the written … Continue reading
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VBA and VHA, are like apples and oranges
Seriously, a legacy participant in the CPAFC caregiver program is a veteran who was admitted into the caregiver program on or before October 1, 2020. Anyone admitted after October 1, 2020 is not considered legacy. The appeal process is much … Continue reading
VA THE REDNECK WAY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO IT ALONE! 