Veteran told he can't have an animal companion

I've been trying to stay connected with other vets through facebook and newsvine and I've come across one vet on newsvine who wrote about his problems with the VA. Read his article at http://robertlyn-schultz.newsvine.com/_news/2008/09/14/1866918-why-im-done-with-the-va-kind-of?threadId=358009&cmt=3031215#c3031215.