Veteran's Hard Road Takes Turn ; After Losing a Leg in Iraq 18 Months Ago, a Detroit Man Still Waits for Benefits, but Receives Some Relief.
Portland Press Herald › December 24, 2007
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Last Christmas, Matthew Pennington was looking forward to life after the Army and even running a marathon on a prosthetic leg.
In June, when his prosthetic leg broke, Pennington, 24, was unable to get it fixed, and he lost a measure of his independence.See the full content of this document
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Veteran's Hard Road Takes Turn ; After Losing a Leg in Iraq 18 Months Ago, a Detroit Man Still Waits for Benefits, but Receives Some Relief.
The months-long delay in getting his leg fixed was only the first of what he describes as a series of barriers that prevented him from getting the help he needed through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
Pursued by demons that followed him home from Iraq and frustrated by seemingly endless difficulties in getting help, the Detr...See the full content of this document
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