Is This Deadly Story Happening Across America

[TBF]

14. Oh my goodness -

that is crazy. Was he part of a lawsuit or something?

My dad was well taken care of, but this was just local VA reps looking out for him, I think. There was no legal action or anything like that. I remember going along to a couple of different hospitals for assessments and my dad retiring when I was in high school. He was working at a factory, and they had him driving forklift because it was about the only thing he could do with his rapidly declining joints. He held out until he hit the 15-year mark for a small pension. Then the VA "retired" him with a pension and social security. They started doing operations to replace joints with pins. He also agreed to take methotrexate (it was new for arthritis at that time); and still takes it. The hope was that the methotrexate would keep his shoulders and hips from getting worse. He's 80 now and no wheelchair. He has gone to the same hospital all these years.