&lt;img src=&quot;http://sfreporter.com/santafe/imgs/media.images/2982/Pedro V Martinez.t2.jpg&quot; /&gt;Decades of veterans struggle to understand and receive benefits. George Vigil is a 63-year-old Vietnam veteran and a lifetime member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Los Alamos. Under the US Department of Veterans&amp;rsquo; Affairs benefit system, Vigil is considered 75 percent disabled, which qualifies him for the pension that helps the income from his construction work stretch through the winter.