Nicole Malachowski

And most importantly...

We are sending Americans' daughters and sons into harm's way right now today, just with the buildup alone, let alone if this goes to kinetic action.

yeah i think the thing that is so yes absolutely i i do not understand what the va is doing here and i think i'm mostly shocked that this is all happening in the same 24-hour period right we are somehow sending america's sons and daughters overseas for this massive buildup for what looks like could be potential conflict in the middle east and on the very same 24-hour period the va is turning around and going well if you're a veteran you know especially you future veterans

we're not going to take care of you after we send you to war.

I mean, like these two things are like diametrically opposed to each other.

We're going to send you into harm's way and then we're not going to really, you know, take care of you.

And there's a reason that every major veteran service organization and military service organization in the last 24 hours has come out vehemently against this decision by the VA, which by the way, was done pretty much in secret, which by the way, wasn't done by bringing these VSOs and MSOs into the discussion table.

You know,

I look at this and I go, okay, just because someone is taking medication does not mean that their medical disability or their illness or disease or injury has gone away, right?

What happens when medications stop working?

Are you then gonna rate people for symptoms that happen as side effects of certain medications?

What happens every time someone needs to change a medication?

Are you now gonna tell me that an American soldier who lost a limb and left it overseas in Afghanistan or Iraq

you know, somehow doesn't count as a disability because she can walk just fine with a prosthetic.

This is ridiculous.

And let's not stop and think about the significant impact this has on recruiting.

You're a young American where apparently we're just going to deploy America's sons and daughters that are, you know, on a whim without discussion with Congress.

And if you're a young American person, do you want to be joining a military that turns around and says, well, if we break you, you know, we're going to, you're going to, you know, kind of,

I don't know, be a little bit more precise and complex and all this on how we rate you.

It makes no sense.