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After 10-year wait, Mattituck veteran gets benefits
Quick ReadU.S. Rep. Tim Bishop's staff managed to get a decade of Veterans Affairs rejections reversed.
Photo credit: Randee Daddona | Congressman Bishop chats with veteran Bruce Sykes before giving him a government check for $55,600 in retroactive benefits from being wrongly denied a VA claim in 1999. Mr. Sykes says he had multiple knee surgeries based on a service-related disability. The ceremony took place at a Southold town senior center in Mattituck. (Aug. 20, 2010)
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Bruce Sykes stood uncomfortably in front of about 50 people at a Mattituck senior citizens center on Friday, ending a 10-year odyssey that left him deeply in debt and, he said, "nearly homeless."
He was uncomfortable because he cannot stand for more than a few minutes without pain. It's been that way since he wrenched his knee while in the Air Force, and the problem has persisted even though...
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