Help available for paralyzed veterans

October

Â The Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation Paralysis Resource Center (PRC) is reaching out to veterans with mobility impairments caused by spinal cord or traumatic brain injuries.

Joe Kaliany, a consultant with the foundation, tells me that its military outreach program “can be incredibly helpful to veterans,’’ and offers a number of resources.

“Becoming paralyzed raises an unthinkable number of questions and this campaign hopes to help veterans answer as many of those as possible,” Kiliany said.

The PRC military campaign is a one-of-a-kind effort that puts veterans with mobility impairments into one-on-one contact with specialists trained to assist them work through any confusion resulting from paralysis. Click here to check out their website and find out more. Those interested in speaking to an expert can do make arrangements on the website to have someone call them, or callÂ the PRC’s military and veterans hotline at 866-962-8387.

This entry was posted on Monday, October 6th, 2008 at 2:35 pm by Rich Liebson. |

One Response to “Help available for paralyzed veterans”

David H. Marshall March 7th, 2009 at 3:56 pm
Is there any way to contact the 77 injured flight line personnel? There has been no response to the certain 135 decibel (dB) to 177 dB noise level injuries during an ongoing 18 years of letters to Congress and Veteran Service Organizations.

The USAF Project 7210 Technical Report (TR) 54-401 and this veteran’s in-hand documentation could help the 77, e.g., “Had some trouble with hearing while working on warm-up crew for F-86 D with very high noise levels.” The physician’s 29 Jan. 54 USAF Cadet Wing Commander washout statement. The 4 April 2008 Board of Veterans’ Appeals letter was an “unable to locate” their previously in-hand over one foot high stack of from 1952 evidence. Again provided were over 100 VA 8/2/95 “certified” copies of the veteran’s still in-hand proof that resulted in the Menieres disease and 100% unemployability awards. In reference to these award resulting resubmissions, a VA 10/16/08 letter noted “...because of insufficient or inaccurate information we cannot identify the proper record.”

All flight line personnel at Tyndall AFB, Panama City, FLA. were unprotected and subjected to the USAF 1952 to 1956 Project 7210 recorded “very high noise levels”; see “contrails.iit.edu”, under its “search” use “TR 54-401”. All worked well within a 50 feet radius and were injured in direct disobedience of the 1948 Air Force Regulation (AFR) 160-3 required protection at 95 dB and 59 X. For F-86D personnel it is the then known certain J47-GE-1 jet-engine injury, i.e., TR pages 68-75, “Test Group 10, Date of the Tests: 1952, Test Numbers 62-64”. This is an at 50 feet 158 dB noise level with an 87,381 sound pressure multiple (X). Fifteen (15) of the 77 were repeatedly exposed to a “warm-up crew” level of over 699,051 X at 176 dB! The AMA Family Medical Guide 3d edition, page 365 is the sound pressure multiple (X) source. Its 60 dB “Normal conversation” is the base line for the calculated “...sound pressure doubles with an increase of 6 decibels” 87,381 X to 699,051 X.

The 130 page TR 54-401 records the noise levels for 27 versions of 10 jet-engines in 1952 to 1956 U. S. Military service. These “very high noise levels” range from 135 dB ( 6,144 X) to 177 dB ( 815,583 X) vs. the ignored protection required by AFR 160-3 at 95 dB and 59 X! Therefore, the question is not if these 77 unprotected individuals were injured but how badly, e.g., this veteran’s over 699,051 X “warm-up crew” Menieres disease and 100% unemployability!

Your help in making the 77 aware of the July 1956, Project 7210 Report’s then known but ignored 1948 AFR 160-3 consequences would be most appreciated. Thank you.

AIR FORCE SERIAL NUMBERS (AFSN) ARE AVAILABLE FOR EACH OF THE LISTED 77 OTHER USAF PERSONNEL.
1952 – 1956 JET AIRCRAFT MECHANICS, AFSC 43131H AND 43151C.

NO. NAME.NO.NAME.
1.APPLEYARD, WILLIAM L.40.HOWARD, ROY W.
2.BATES, JOE H.41.HOWARTH, WALLACE R.
3.BAVIS, HARRY G.42.HURLEY, DAVID W.
4.BERRY, DENNIE43.IENSE, WILLIAM A.
5.BERSTRON, ELLERY D.44.IRVIN, JAMES E.
6.BERTRAND, ROBERT E.45.JANDRON, PAUL J.
7.BONASERA, JOSEPH E.46.JONES, GLEN R.
8.BONE, J. E.47.JONES JR, BOBBY
9.BRITTAIN, THOMAS W.48.JUNG, WESLEY E.
10.BUMPUS, JOE E.49.JUSTICE, HERMAN M.
11.CADRETTE, EUCLID J.50.KEAN, RONALD B.
12.CARNEY, JOHN F.51.KELLY, HAROLD R.
13.CLARK JR, CHESTER H.52.KELLY JR, GERALD L.
14.CODORI, JOSEPH B.53.LARKOWSKI, GERALD G.
15.COUNCIL JR, JAMES I.54.LEWIS JR, FRANKLIN
16.CRISWELL, WILLIAM G.55.LOCKIEY, REGINAID E.
17.DONALDSON, WILLIAM A.56.LOGSDON, ELMO W.
18.DUESLER, JOHN H.57.LONG, EARL T.
19.DUNBAR, LEROY W.58.LOVE, JERRY K.
20.EWTON, JAMES E.59.LYCAN, EDWARD S.
21.FLENING, JACK E.60.MORGAN, WARNER L.
22.FRITZ, JOHN A. C.61.MULLINS, JIMMY A.
23.GILAM, JAT T.62.MURPHEY, TALMADGE G.
24.GOMES JR, MANUEL F.63.MURRAY, WILLIE E.
25.GONES, LEAMON64.MUSGRAVE PAUL I.
26.GORE, WILLIAM R.65.OGBORN, GLENN
27.GREEN, LEVI D.66.OTTLEY, FRANKLIN D.
28.GUILA, MIKE J.67.RATHJEN. CHARLES
29.GUNSLAUS, DAVID W.68.REID, BILLY G.
30.HANDLIN, JAMES F.69.RICHARDSON, JAMES W.
31.HARDING, JERRY L.70.SANDELL, PHILLIP R.
32.HARTER, JOHN E.71.SEXTON, FRED B.
33.HENDON, JAMES72.SHUMATE, RICHARD W.
34.HENDON, JAMES H.73.VOLLENTINE, DONALD R.
35.HIGNUTT, JESSE L.74.WALLER, GLENN R.
36.HILL, RAY S.75.WHITE, SAMUEL L.
37.HINSON, BERT L.76.WOOD, LEONARD F.
38.HIRSH, DONALD H. 77.ZIEGLER, CARL P.
39.HODGE, JAMES F.

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