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Do You Get Better Care in a VA Hospital If You Have Certain Medals or Awards?
If you have certain Medals as a combat veteran, do you get better care in a VA Hospital? I was just wondering if it makes a difference. My Aunt's relative recently passed away of cancer. They said the VA gave him very good care because he was awarded the Silver Star for Gallantry in WWII.
The war story is sketchy, but his wife said his Army patrol was ambushed. He went in and dragged wounded men to safety.
The VA does not discriminate by what medals you received. That is silly. It is based on the amount of disability.
For instance someone who is rated 10% disabled and has an income of 30K will have to pay for non-service connected care.
On the other hand a person who is 100 % disabled and is relying on their VA comp and or SSI will not have to pay for care.
But as far as receiving fair treatment and good service they treat all veterans the same. Rank or branch of service doesn't matter. Everyone is supposed to be equal.
If someone is more impressed by a chestful of medals and treats someone better then it would be just an individual employee doing it and it is not policy. I am sure it happens some rare occsasions, but it shouldn't. It would be very rare.
I've had good service from the VA and I am not a war hero. I'm just a 20% rated vet.
