re: Rise of Disabled Veterans

There is a ton of misunderstanding about VA disability even among vets. The rules are very different from SS disability. It is compensation for injuries and ongoing illness sustained in service not disability payment because you can't work (that's a separate program) Not sure about LA but in FL DV tags don't entitle you to handicap parking unless they have the handicap logo too (police should enforce.) No one is getting 100% for a single joint injury or full VA medical care due to one 10% rating but they will treat that rated condition. Like it or not the system isn't there only for combat vets. Some vets still dont get this and like my father dont think they've really earned benefits so dont even apply despite decades of service an associated injuries and illness. The VA math is also misunderstood. You don't simply add conditions to get a disability rating. (50%+50% doesn't equal 100%) Each additional condition just counts as that percent of the remainder (50%+50%=75%) another 10% rating would then only be 2.5%. Plenty of misconceptions