United States veterans all have thousands of stories to share, but not many are like Gerrad Branum's.

Branum served in the U.S. Army from 2001-2005. On his way home from Iraq, several of his bags went missing.

"My bags were lost in Iraq. A duffel, a ruck, and another ruck. Those bags had all my gear. My equipment," Branum said.

Nearly a decade after being discharged from the military, Branum received a letter stating that the IRS took nearly $1,600 from his tax return for that missing gear.

"Every piece of paper I signed that was considerably a field loss, it is proven there is a real thing as a field loss," he said.

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