Veteran Seeking A Government Business Grant

by Ken Carpenter
(Bowling Green, KY, USA)

I'm a 69-year-old US Army veteran seeking a government business grant. I draw a pension check because of my hearing and a nasal operation while in the military. I had a Mae West parachute malfunction while in the 82nd Airborne jump school that has been ignored by the VA.

I have suffered excruciating pain in my ankles, legs and knees my entire life. I'm not able to stand any more for any period of time, and that limits my ability to earn a living. I get $1,500 monthly from social security and the VA. My wife is a cancer survivor, and we have no savings.

We live on what we can eke out from any source on a month-to-month basis. My wife is a tremendous cook though, and we have talked of starting a soup and sandwich restaurant.

I feel this would be a good venture due to the lower cost rather than some of the places I have heard of wanting $30 and up for meals. We have no money to set up anything like this, but feel it would be a great place to have and operate.

The jobs we could generate from the help needed to operate this would benefit other people also with a paycheck. I served a 3-year hitch in the army, and have been treated like dirt by the VA.

They refuse to acknowledge any damage that WAS done by the horrendous impact as I hit the ground as a result of the parachute malfunction. I somehow need to have something I could operate and make a positive impact on this community.

I could earn a decent living in so doing. As a veteran seeking a government business grant, I pray somehow someone will listen and step to the plate to compensate for the cowardly and crooked treatment by the VA.