Very good.
I have a couple of recommendations for you. Before you leave, make sure you get every inch of your medical records to go with you and make sure you go through it very, very carefully to make sure that everything that is in there meets with your...everything that has happened to you so far, because years down the road, as you said, a hip replacement, those things.... That may come in very handy for you when it comes to going back to DVA looking for further assistance in that regard.
Sir, you had mentioned that you don't get the PIA until you leave. You're correct on that one and I think it is something that the committee can take under advisement to see where we can work towards that. Because you are correct, whether you're disabled in the military or disabled outside of the military, you're still disabled and so that payment.... I think you've brought up a very good point and I thank you very much for doing that.
On the earnings loss, we have heard before in previous committees that you're right, even the department has said that one of the concerns they have is if you're a corporal now and you get seriously injured and you have to leave through a 3(b) release, you lose out on any advancement to become a captain or a colonel or whatever down the road. Thus you lose out on those particular concerns and I thank you very much for that.
Sir, if you could advise the committee, if you were the Minister of Veterans Affairs, what couple of things would you like to see us include—not just for yourself, but for your family, for other veterans who are coming down the pipe, your fellow brothers and sisters in Afghanistan—to improve their lives right until the day that you pass away? What can we do?