Alabama veteran gets benefits after 56-year battle with VA
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A Montgomery television station reports that the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is giving an Alabama veteran more than $100,000 after the serviceman's 56-year struggle to get benefits.
WSFA-TV reports that 85-year-old Korean War veteran Willie McCall suffers from debilitating, combat-related health issues.
McCall says during his time as a rifleman during the Korean conflict, the weather was so cold it left him with frostbite, jungle rot and circulation issues.
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The Montgomery station reports that despite multiple diagnoses, McCall was denied VA benefits and those denials date back to the late 1950s.
A VA official said in a statement to WSFA that McCall's benefits have finally been granted due to a diagnosis that wasn't considered during the veteran's most recent hearing.