Often I will see a constituent who has medically released, and of course they're waiting, and they express frustration over the fact that they've been medically released for a condition that they acquired in the performance of their duties, yet when they go to apply for the Veterans Affairs benefits they have to fight for them.
On the one hand, they're being released because of this injury incurred in the performance of their duties, and then they have to convince Veterans Affairs that it was actually a duty-related injury. There may be prejudices on one side or the other, pecuniary decisions that have to be made.
In your opinion, what entity would be the best to determine whether or not the injury is performance related? They're going through two adjudication processes. How can we have one medical adjudication process?