I would say that is 100% from Veterans Affairs. In 2008, I was awarded a disability award, which is a lump sum. I was given the maximum, which actually mirrors what is offered by SISIP. A lot of the Veterans Affairs programs seemed to be a mirror of SISIP. One of the issues you can have is that if you were turned down by SISIP, for example, for long-term disability and then you go to Veterans Affairs—because that is where you're supposed to go and they tell you to go there—they'll use the fact that you were denied by SISIP to deny you benefits.
What is the point of having this apparatus in place if it's supposed to be a safeguard? I'm paying for this insurance that doesn't cover me because they've deemed that I'm Veterans Affairs' problem now, that I'm their client. Then I go to Veterans Affairs and the fact that I was denied by SISIP can actually be held against me.
The military did not prevent my injury data from going to Veterans Affairs. Veterans Affairs gave me the disability award in 2008. They acknowledged my injury. They gave me a rating based on whatever the disability award was. I got a rating of 108%—over 100%—disabled. When I became a Veterans Affairs client after I retired, again, I had to prove why. I had to go over how my feet are missing and how I have this injury and that injury. I had to go through the laundry list and again seek a medical professional to provide the evidence required for that. So I wouldn't say it's a matter of DND withholding.