After stories, benefits restored to Vietnam veteran
The Post-Star stories, which ran June 5-7, detailed how the Cooleys were running out of money and feared losing their house.
A worker in the VA public affairs office saw the stories online and alerted his supervisors, according to Sue Malley, director of the VA's New York Regional Office.
In their review, VA officials determined Mr. Cooley's benefits should not have been severed. Also, the review determined some of his past benefits should have been paid at a higher level - first at 60 percent, then at 100 percent - because of his coronary artery disease and the heart attack he suffered in the fall of 2005.
The check for the back payments makes up the difference between the payments he received, at 40 percent, and the ones he should have received at the higher levels. It also includes the payments missed over the past year after his compensation was cut off.
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