Veteran tired of government making him prove he lost his legs [View all]

Angela Mulholland, Staff writer
@AngeMulholland

Published Monday, February 9, 2015 8:51AM EST
Last Updated Monday, February 9, 2015 12:03PM EST

Retired Master Cpl. Paul Franklin, who lost both legs in in Afghanistan, says every year he has to prove to Veterans Affairs that he still has no legs and needs a wheelchair. Now, he’s waging a fight against the department on behalf of all veterans.

Franklin says his fight with Veterans Affairs is typical of so many of the bureaucratic battles that thousands of injured veterans have with the department, and he wants them to end.

Franklin lost both his legs in a January 2006 suicide bombing. After his injury, he had no trouble receiving help from the Department of National Defence, he says. But things went downhill when he chose to retire from the Canadian Forces.

Master Cpl. (retired) Paul Franklin speaks to Canada AM from CTV studios in Edmonton on Monday, Feb. 9. 2015.
"It's been an ongoing battle ever since my retirement in 2009," he told CTV's Canada AM from Edmonton.

http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/veteran-tired-of-government-making-him-prove-he-lost-his-legs-1.2227180