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 Vallarta Living | Veteran Affairs | September 2006 
Emergency Trip Successful
 David Lord - PVNN
| | The trip went very well, as he was able to rest on the RV's sofa and use the bathroom as needed on the long trip. |
Last week I made an emergency trip from Puerto Vallarta to the Houston VA, using the Veterans Service Vehicle to get a seriously ill, (but ambulatory) veteran to the medical care he needed.
Our veteran had undergone heart surgery just 3 years ago, with placement of stints in 4 arteries. This last week I had a call from him, and we were on the road within 24 hours. The trip went very well, as he was able to rest on the RV's sofa and use the bathroom as needed on the long trip.
When we arrived at the Houston VA, he was immediately entered into emergency and when I left him to return to Mexico, he was being well taken care of. I will tell a more detailed story when I hear the results of his treatments and the quality of care.
I know the veteran spent more than fifty thousand dollars for the care he received here in Mexico just three years ago. This time it will cost him nothing, and I am willing to bet that he will say that the care he received in Houston was excellent.
I am still traveling in the eastern part of Mexico and will return to Puerto Vallarta next week. Until then please send email versus calling me for assistance.
September 2006 V.A. NEWS
Fact Sheet: VA Benefits for Former Prisoners Of War
Former American prisoners of war (POWs) are eligible for special veterans benefits, including enrollment in Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical care for treatment in VA hospitals and clinics without co-payments as well as disability compensation for injuries and diseases that have been associated with internment.
These benefits are in addition to regular veterans benefits and services to which they, as veterans, are entitled.
Records show that 142,246 Americans were captured and interned during World War I, World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Gulf War, the Somalia and Kosovo conflicts, and Operation Iraqi Freedom.
There were no service members reported missing in action from the Bosnia deployment, nor from recent Afghanistan operations. Of the 125,214 Americans surviving captivity, about 29,350 were estimated to be alive at the end of 2005.
 David Lord served in Vietnam as combat Marine for 1st Battalion 26th Marines, during which time he was severely wounded. He received the Purple Heart and the Presidential Unit Citation for his actions during the war in Vietnam. In Mexico, David now represents all veterans south of the U.S. border all the way to Panama, before the V.A. and the Board of Veterans Appeals. David Lord provides service to veterans at no fee. Veterans are welcome to drop in and discuss claims/benefits to which they are entitled by law at his office located at Bayside Properties, 160 Francisca Rodriguez, tel.: 223-4424, call him at home 299-5367, on his cell: 044 (322) 205-1323, or email him at mophmx@@yahoo.com or david.lord@yahoo.com.
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