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Date Posted: 10:20:23 12/12/08 Fri
In reply to:
Robert D. Segovia
's message, "VA Compensation Denial" on 19:31:25 05/24/05 Tue
>Hello Fellow Vets,
> My name is Robert D. Segovia. I served at Tan Son
>Nhut,AFB during Nov 1968 through Feb 1969. My branch
>of service was the U. S. Air Force. My specialty was
>A.G.E. (Aerospace Ground Equipment ) Repairman.
> I have been diagnosis by the VA with Post Tramic
>Stress Disorder due to my war experience in Nam and am
>receiving treatment with medications for the last two
>or more years. I have been trying to collect
>compensation for approximately 1 year. The DAV has
>been taking care of my claim . Today, I received a
>Denial notice from the VA for this claim due to
>insuffient data. The Denial also acknowledges that I
>do have PTSD. This Denial is based on not having
>"dates, places or perhaps names" and insuffient data
>where I experienced rocket fire and mortar fire and
>other experiences while at Tan Son Nhut, AFB. This
>and other experiences of viewing dead soldiers from a
>rocket attack has added to my trama and have been
>submitted in my claim of PTSD. In my claim I stated
>that I helped unload alot of green bags filled with
>corpses and stacked them in air conditioned connexes.
>This connexes were primarily used for storing recon
>film. The connex was emptied of films and utilized for
>corpses storage. I remember that the Viet Cong were
>threating at the end of the runway to C- 130 flights
>out of Tan Son Nhut and therefore it was decided that
>it was too risky to fly-out the dead and better to
>store them at least temporarily.
> I remember during one mortar attack, one night
>while asleep, that knock me off my top bunk and
>sustained a fractured right wrist. Surely my medical
>records can attest to that, as far as mortar attacks.
>There were many "Take Cover" calls for us to go to the
>bunkers. Hey , it was every night that we had mortar
>attacks during that time of Tet. I remember seeing
>the fire works at night occuring outside of the base,
>in Saigon. I could see it from the second floor of my
>barracks where I bunked. The gunships were firing
>with tracers and I could see this all night happening
>in Saigon.
> At another time, I remember a 55 millimeter rocket
>hitting the eaves of a barracks and burying itself
>about 3 ft into the ground , right outside the corner
>of the barrack, which was surrounded with sandbags 3-
>4 ft up. That barrack was not but two or three
>barracks away from ours. I rushed to that barracks in
>my "skives" that night to help the wounded. I only
>found dead soldiers laying in their bunks and a huge
>pool of blood that felt sticky to my bare feet. The
>only guy I remember walking and wandering in pitch
>darkness was the soldier that had escape from the
>rocket explosion. His bunk was the one at the bottom
>at the corner and only 4- 5 feet away from the rocket
>landing. The sandbags saved him ! His ear drums were
>busted though and was totally deaf and in shock!
>This occurred around the early hours of the morning,
>around 2 AM. The date I don't remember.
> Does anyone have any recollection of any of these
>events by any chance?
> I need help to appeal to the VA denial notice.
>Any details that we can share and help me recall ,
>will certainly be appreciated.
> Where do I start?...to collect information for what
>the VA requires. I know that I can submit and
>request my records from archives to vertify my
>fractured right wrist. Also will help to place a date
>on it as well prove the mortar attacks.
> Hope to hear from anyone soon.
> Thanks in advance to everyone for the help.
>
> I live in Houston, Texas
> My e-mail is Stunningone@houston.rr.com
>
>
> Sincerely,
> Viet Nam Veteran,
>Bob
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