by Gary Kennedy Recently, I have been involved in a lot of conversation with Veterans who are already 100 percent disabled who feel they have situations that require extra effort on the part of the Veterans Administration. Much of the time I don’t disagree with them. If you are seriously disabled and have special needs […]
by Gary Kennedy Finally, the U.S. shutdown has ended after 42 days. This caused the federal employees to go without pay for weeks, suspended food to many low income Americans and delayed or cancelled thousands of flights for airline passengers. My wife and I were lucky the route we took to S.E. Asia went […]
by Gary Kennedy Over the past 40 years I have advocated for hundreds of veterans, perhaps more. I have seen so many 100 percent cases I can’t remember. Eventually I will hear many say, “is this all there is”? Although most are very happy receiving the 100 percent there is always the question, “is there […]
by Gary Kennedy Another week has come and gone. I am sad to report that we have entered the third week of the government shutdown. I have good and bad news regarding this matter. The bad news is this shutdown has allowed a legal pathway of eliminating miscellaneous government jobs. The Unions are fighting this […]
by Gary Kennedy Well, here we are in the middle of a government shutdown because the Democrats and Republicans can’t play fair. If you want to see the why of it all you will have to check out your favorite news media but also check out the one you really don’t care for so you […]
by Gary Kennedy Well, we are ending another week and V.A. continues its decline. The medical side continues to be short on help, yet the administration side remains well staffed and happy. There is no problem filing claims and results seem to be coming back rather quickly. Most claims are being serviced outside of the […]
by Gary Kennedy I have several questions that require answering as they have been asked more than once. Several veterans that I have been working with have received what they call unfavorable results, which is not entirely true. Because you didn’t get a percentage first time out doesn’t mean you failed. An example would be […]
by Gary Kennedy I have been really challenged by the 90 percent dilemma that many veterans are battling with. When you climb the ladder of percentages, for some reason things become stagnant at 90 percent. It really seems like a position that a veteran doesn’t really want to deal with and most don’t understand it. […]
by Gary Kennedy The following is a response to the Letter to the Editor, The Town Line, September 11, 2025, page 9. Well, in answer to where have I been for the past eight months. I would have to say four of those months I spent helping veterans in Southeast Asia and the other four […]
by Gary Kennedy A new week begins and summer is for the most part gone. Even so, this has always been my favorite time if the year. The temperatures are comfortable during the day and the nights are cool and very comfortable for sleeping. It’s also a great time for vacationing. The bug population is […]