VA finally mails disability rating decision to Navy veteran Kirk Douglas
WASHINGTON — The tenth Secretary of Veterans Affairs, The Honorable Robert Wilkie, is proud to announce his agency finally has mailed Navy veteran Kirk Douglas his disability rating decision.
The Veterans Affairs Headquarters was excited to also tell Kirk Douglas that the disability rating means he will begin receiving compensation for the injuries he sustained during the Second World War.
When the VA was informed the 103-year-old Douglas recently passed, the VA press secretary first verified that Kirk Douglas did not end his life on the premises of a VA location.
Once confirmed, the Glorious Robert Wilkie expressed his regret and remorse over news of Douglas dying of old age before the VA could send any disability payments.
“Bummer, man,” Wilkie said. “But Dan Crenshaw said he was kind of a shitbag, so there's that.”
Kirk Douglas’ son, Michael Douglas, reportedly had to call the VA hotline number 13 times to inform the VA that his father was dead. The line automatically disconnected twelv…
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