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Senior Airman Brian Kolfage
il y a environ 3 mois

SHARE THIS WITH TRUMP! SHARE IT WITH THE MEDIA! Make it go viral.

In August of 2016 I formally notified the veterans administration that my wheelchairs were broke, unsafe, and falling apart.

Paperwork was submitted and approved to get my wheelchairs replaced in September. They even sent the vendors to my house for measurements.

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Today I sit waiting, calling and asking where in the hell are my wheelchairs? My only mode of transportation seconds from being gone. Should I just drag my @*s across the floor EVERYWHERE I go?

This is the same VA who took 6 months + a call to congress to replace a missing/broken $100 wheel on my same wheelchair. They wouldn't even allow me to buy the wheel through a third party and fix it... because apparently I'm not competent enough to tighten a damn nut on a bolt. I can change a car tire, but hell no not a wheelchair tire! More BS of the govt trying to control our lives.

What, is the government this broke they can't afford new wheelchairs for a triple amputee?

Over the past 8 years I've watched the VA go down that damn tubes, and you know who promised to fix it and didn't... the outgoing president.

So while I sit here waiting and waiting using dangerously unsafe wheelchairs that are duct taped together, I hope you take the time to share THIS EVERYWHERE. This is just one story and one of many insane incidents I've faced with the VA, but there are thousands upon thousands of us being screwed over. If it's happening to a triple amputee who's pretty public with things, it's even worse for those who don't voice their concerns.

Ultimately I want my new wheelchairs, but Im also so sick of the BS I deal with, that I want to help President Trump's next VA leader make the proper changes. I need you to share this, help people see what's going on, because it's a damn clusterf**k of incompetence at the VA and it's the exact opposite of what combat wounded veterans need.

People wonder why suicide rates are so high, it's because of the VA; they do more harm to these guys coming back than good.

I've been in the VA trenches for 12 years now since I was wounded. I've used every program they have, and have seen what works and what doesn't.

We need to fix the VA, I know how to make simple fixes that will make lives easier for veterans, and save tax payers money.

If the VA is going to get fixed, the trump transition team needs to hear our concerns and actually talk to veterans like myself.

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