tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5454603795410144652.post8289897304799190500..comments2023-07-09T07:43:51.645-07:00Comments on How Did I Get Here? My Amazing Genealogy Journey: Civil War Pension File of Irvin Ellison --Part fiveAndrea Kelleherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12711352023496985469noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5454603795410144652.post-78911126528516044602013-01-26T07:40:11.532-08:002013-01-26T07:40:11.532-08:00In terms of the amount of the pension, just like o...In terms of the amount of the pension, just like our modern day service men and women, we don't do enough to take care of veterans. Again, just my opinion.Andrea Kelleherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12711352023496985469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5454603795410144652.post-63136954074157008582013-01-26T07:36:51.737-08:002013-01-26T07:36:51.737-08:00Thanks for the link and your comment. Yes it is fo...Thanks for the link and your comment. Yes it is food for thought but I am still pissed about this. I find it extremely hard to believe that from January to August that all visible indications that this man had at one time suffered from frost bite of the feet disappeared. He was 10/18 disabled prior to January 1893, and then better and then 5/8 disabled come August 1893. I just have a hard time believing that this was due to a lack of conformity in standards. This is just my opinion but I think that Dr. Baker was just a jerk.Andrea Kelleherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12711352023496985469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5454603795410144652.post-200495801156436652013-01-25T16:30:50.050-08:002013-01-25T16:30:50.050-08:00I don't know if you've ever read the pensi...I don't know if you've ever read the pension act, but here is a link to a scanned copy I found online. http://drbronsontours.com/pensiondisabilityactofjune271890.html<br /><br />There were problems, also, in Isaac Carter's claim. He claimed to have piles and chronic diarrhea...you don't find out until several years after he filed his initial claim that he had had dysentery due to drinking bad water...and later on it comes out that he had suffered from Typhoid Fever during the epidemic. <br /><br />It seems that the doctors bore the burden of finding current physical symptoms, which in some cases, were prolonged, yet sporadic. Isaac had bouts of coughing and wheezing, and he had witnesses tell of him passing out, collapsing during heavy labor. But on the day of examination, little was found.<br /><br />One think that I found interesting was that it did not matter what rank a soldier was. The rate was $6-$12/month regardless, based on the %age of disability.<br /><br />When you consider that in the modern military, it took over 30 years for the VA to recognize affects of Agent Orange exposure as a disability, you can see how with antiquated science there may have been more difficulties in assessing patients accurately.<br /><br />Just a thought...<br /><br />Debra Newton-Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05234528123525258645noreply@blogger.com