In English

The letter from the Veterans Administration said: “The non-compensable evaluation heretofore assigned you for your service-connected disability is confirmed and continued.”

The bewildered veteran who received it penciled a note across its face: “What the hell does this mean?” and mailed, it to his Congressman.

Last week, the Veterans Administration translated its bureaucraticgobbledygook.The veteran’s “physical condition,” said VA, “has not changed from a previous examination, and he is not entitled to compensation.” Henceforth, a red-faced VA announced, all correspondence will be proofread by young veterans “to make sure it is really intelligible.”