Clay Hunt Sav Act 203
Introduction
Approximately twenty two American veterans takes a decision of committing suicide daily. This statistics amounts to around eight thousand and thirty veterans committing suicide annually. Th Act was named after one of the Marine Corporal Clay Hunt originating from Houston Texas. He worked in Afghanistan and Iraq after which he ventured into assisting the veterans after his warfare tours.
During the War in Iraq, Hunt was wounded and later diagnosed with post-Traumatic Stress disorder (PTSD). The condition was recognized after he went back to the United States. He received a thirty percent disability rating from the VA for this Post-Traumatic Stress disorder (PTSD). Hunt appealed for the thirty percent rating after he discovered that the post-Traumatic Stress disorder (PTSD) prevented him from maintaining his job. Unfortunately, Hunt went out for incredible bureaucratic barriers due his condition which was latter followed by loss of his files by the VA Houston.
His disability rating won him the chance to use medical care from VA. Though, he was always in conflict with the medical services and care offered in VA. He continuously faced problems in the medical center due to rescheduling of appointments which made him worry …show more content…
The medical practitioners only gave contradicting information not asked. He only received counselling about his medication ability to lower his sign and symptoms. Later on, Hunt moved on to Houston to live with his family members, though he had to wait for months to get an appointment to see his psychiatrist at the Houston VA medical center regarding his Post-Traumatic Stress disorder (PTSD). The disappointment Clay Hunt received prompted him to call his mother and explain that his relation with the medical center was ill and he will never visit the center again. Two weeks later after the incidence, Clay Hunt took of his life through committing