The Form of Murdock

Mrs. Covington:

Good afternoon, Ma’am. I am preparing correspondence to the Secretary of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, the Honorable Doug Collins, regarding my historical evidentiary record of experiences with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. I am preparing letters of appreciation for the following personnel and requesting confirmation of spelling or full names:

Liz McNeil
Jackie (Last Name Unknown), DOM Mental Health Provider
Kendra Covington
The name of the Respiratory Therapist who has helped me with my CPAP use through years of degraded use due to worsening OCD symptoms

Health Background

I was in the emergency room on 24 AUG 2025 with pain in my upper right quadrant, and over the course of specifically the last year—and cumulatively the last few years—I have been feeling increasingly sick and fatigued.

I have taken time off from my investigative work to stabilize my health, including the following steps:

Implementation of a 30-Day Med Center with 4 daily alarms to track VA prescription medication use due to increased mental fog and problems focusing
Daily tracking of vitals to isolate symptoms of organic system failure
Construction of a database to track and automate life management processes to help improve my health while investigating government corruption that led to the collapse and destruction of my family for the purpose of protecting the lives of others

Experience with VA Care

I had an experience today with my VA primary care provider, Dr. Jensen of the Marshalltown CBOC, that left me emotionally distraught because it seemed very evident to me that she possessed no compassion or empathy for what I am going through, or cared about my attempt to explain the deterioration of my health in context with historical events.

I have experienced numerous events where VA health care providers have provided feedback that indicated a conclusion had been reached that I am damaging myself because I should just move on with my life. At the same time, these same individuals—who have family and friends—never expressed the same sentiment when I invested twenty years of my life defending their lives, in contrast to the last few years I have spent advocating for myself and the lives of others while providing a public record of evidence.

This evidence supports:

Gender-based discrimination related to military sexual trauma (MST) and domestic abuse (see Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act ? 42 U.S.C. § 18116 )
Sexual-orientation-based discrimination related to MST (see Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act ? 42 U.S.C. § 18116 )
Sexual-identity-based discrimination related to symptoms of MST (see Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act ? 42 U.S.C. § 18116)
Inconsistent care for heterosexual males with symptoms of MST compared to similar care provided to members of the LGBTQ+ community (see Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act ? 42 U.S.C. § 18116 )
Inconsistent provision and failure to provide health care and federal benefits based upon service-connected mental health-based discrimination (see Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ? 29 U.S.C. § 794 (Section 504))
State of Iowa–based discrimination, criminalization, and persecution of service-connected mental health disabilities (see Iowa Code Chapter 216) for what evidence indicates was desired strategic, tactical, civil, professional, or personal gain

Military Sexual Trauma (MST) Coordinator

I am also requesting the name of the female Des Moines VA Medical Center Military Sexual Trauma Coordinator who denied me health care because, in her words, I was not a victim of MST since there was no penetration. This was the conclusion she arrived at during a phone interview with me for indoctrination for care and health benefits.

I will be presenting an evidentiary record suggesting that this alleged institutional, cultural, and social bias manifests as a default stereotype or bias—indicating that sexual trauma is only recognized within protected classes that have been penetrated by what evidence suggests is an institutional and societal default assailant group that possesses something that may be used for penetration.

Investigative Work

I am in the final stages of finalizing my investigative work product for state and federal agencies documenting systemic and institutional misconduct and corruption, supported by evidence of the Iowa Judicial Branch’s procedural posture toward covering up evidence of attorney misconduct within the State of Iowa pursuant to changes made in 2012 to the Iowa Rules of the Court. I have also implemented a safety plan and lawful operational risk management contingencies in preparation for future evidence, supported by a historical record of public evidence of attorney misconduct (see Iowa Rules of the Court Chapter 32) that indicates the Iowa Judicial Branch and its licensed community’s default practice to preserve institutional integrity is the persecution, discrimination, and criminalization of lawful whistleblowers that the Iowa Judicial Branch and its licensed community have determined are civil and lawful threats to their chosen internal institutional posture and procedures.

The Jurisprudence of the Iowa Judicial Branch’s Form of Law and Ethics

The Form of Light: Revealing Evidence of Cracks in the Iowa Judicial Branch’s Limestone

The reason this is an ethics war to me is because:

I served this country for twenty years because I believe in what we as a people stand for.
When I returned home, my life—as the evidence shows—was persecuted, discriminated against, and criminalized.
This led to my interracial daughter being abandoned in an environment of white national supremacy, involving those who concealed her across three states, causing her to be homeless and the victim of being drugged and sexually assaulted.

I will be working with the State of Montana to collect public records documenting this for my complaint against Honorable Judge Miller and Honorable Judge Martin of San Diego East County Court with the California Judicial Council.

Freedom of Information Request (5 U.S.C. § 552)

1. All United States Department of Veterans Affairs internal training materials related to Military Sexual Trauma utilized from 2017–2025.

2. All United States Department of Veterans Affairs publicly published materials related to Military Sexual Trauma utilized from 2017–2025.

3. All United States Department of Veterans Affairs internal training materials related to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) from 2017–2025.

4. All United States Department of Veterans Affairs publicly published materials related to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) from 2017–2025.

Any fees (if required) to complete the processing of this freedom of information request are to be communicated and arranged with the records requester prior to the performance of this request. Any fees requested by the United States of America without evidence of prior coordination with the records requester regarding any fees claimed will be disregarded by the originator of this request.

Conclusion

You are a good person, Mrs. Covington. Never forget that the light, hope, and positivity that evidence shows you manifest across your professional career may be one of the few rays of light that keep those who are damaged on course in this life and this world. Thank you for your service. I am in the process of building a full org chart to facilitate my advancement into investigating the federal government and lawfully halting what evidence indicates has become a corrupt, unethical, discriminatory state and federal MAGA _____ show.

Please update my email address with the VA to the following:

pyrebird@med.phoenixharbor.net

Respectfully,

Michael J. Merritt, USN (Ret.)
Founder, Phoenix Harbor
Writer/Musician
2510 S 6th St. D24
Marshalltown, IA 50158
(641) 387-9935
pyrebird@phoenixharbor.net
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