It took him eight years to receive his educational benefits and for the VA to recognize his Migraines as a disability. He thought that he was alone in his fight until a civilian doctor told him about us--MAGNUM. Then after reading through much of the website Ronald contacted the us directly. According to Ronald "MAGNUM helped me realize that not only was the VA wrong about a myriad of topics regarding Migraines, MAGNUM helped me realize that this organization was advocating for veterans and military personnel that suffer from Migraines."

Ronald called MAGNUM over the years, but recently when he and Executive Director Michael John Coleman ended up discussing several current problems with the VASRD listing and after Ronald had assisted MAGNUM with background on several projects MAGNUM, so offered the former sailor a position as a Board of Directors, Veterans Affairs Advisor, with a focus on Special Projects.

In the past Ronald has used his experiences to help other veterans during his time in college by helping start several college veterans’ clubs and being an advocate for veterans’ rights. He now spends much of his time advocating for veterans and civilians suffering from Migraines. He graduated from DePaul University in 2008 in the concentrated field of “the sociological aspects of the military." MAGNUM looks forward to Ronald's insight to his veteran colleagues needs regarding the impact due to their Migraine disease.