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10% of vets were actively engaged in combat 28% receiver PTSD disability???
Posted on 4/15/26 at 9:43 am
Posted on 4/15/26 at 9:43 am
How does that math work?
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Posted on 4/15/26 at 9:45 am to trinidadtiger
1000 vets, 10% is 100 actively engaged, 28% is 28 with PTSD is how I read that.
This post was edited on 4/15/26 at 9:46 am
Posted on 4/15/26 at 9:47 am to trinidadtiger
There are a lot of medically retired vets out there that had a breakdown because they had a disagreement with their NCOIC.
It's pretty bad.
It's pretty bad.
Posted on 4/15/26 at 9:48 am to trinidadtiger
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How does that math work?
what if you're a DoD civilian in the ME and your base gets bombed?
They can still get ptsd even though they're not there for combat purposes.
Posted on 4/15/26 at 9:51 am to trinidadtiger
PTSD is way over diagnosed.
Posted on 4/15/26 at 9:51 am to Ricardo
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It's pretty bad.
helping vets qualify for 100% disability is an actual business these days
Posted on 4/15/26 at 9:54 am to YumYum Sauce
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helping vets qualify for 100% disability is an actual business these days
If I told you some of the stuff I saw, you'd think I was lying. (I'm not talking about combat. Just run of the mill stateside duty.) People can turn into a blubbering mess because they got an article 15 for some trivial thing.
Posted on 4/15/26 at 9:57 am to trinidadtiger
Trump really is the great unifier. Democrats have been complaining about veterans benefits for years, too
Posted on 4/15/26 at 9:57 am to trinidadtiger
Injuries in hostile fire/imminent danger zones probably play into this. Last I saw all of the AOR falls into this category.
Everybody in the AOR gets hostile fire pay while deployed. When I retired it was about $250 a month.
Everybody in the AOR gets hostile fire pay while deployed. When I retired it was about $250 a month.
This post was edited on 4/15/26 at 9:59 am
Posted on 4/15/26 at 9:57 am to beachdude
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PTSD is way over diagnosed.
The failure starts at the MEPS centers.
shite in, shite out.
Posted on 4/15/26 at 10:01 am to trinidadtiger
I can claim PTSD for all the dumb shite that happens trying to plan and execute a simple FTX.
Posted on 4/15/26 at 10:09 am to trinidadtiger
I know two "vets" who are on 100% disability; both of which shouldn't be. Are the VA docs on the take?
Posted on 4/15/26 at 10:12 am to trinidadtiger
Lots of people want a free ride.
Posted on 4/15/26 at 10:12 am to idlewatcher
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Are the VA docs on the take?
They didn’t get disability approved through VA docs. In fact, most VA docs work closely with the bureaucrats who decided these ratings to lower the percentage.
If a veteran has a 100% T and P rating they got it with the help of doctors outside of the VA system.
Posted on 4/15/26 at 10:14 am to trinidadtiger
Take a medical unit in Afghanistan. You have minimal combat personnel but from time to time they would come under mortar fire that would require all personnel to shelter in bunkers until the insurgents could be taken out. Non-combat personnel aren't all prepared for that.
Plus, those people are classified through the VA as PTSD, not just on their own word.
There are a lot of people who play the disability game post enlistment to get portions of their retirement to be non-taxable. So not all people who have disabled veteran tags are actually disabled.
Plus, those people are classified through the VA as PTSD, not just on their own word.
There are a lot of people who play the disability game post enlistment to get portions of their retirement to be non-taxable. So not all people who have disabled veteran tags are actually disabled.
Posted on 4/15/26 at 10:14 am to idlewatcher
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I know two "vets" who are on 100% disability; both of which shouldn't be. Are the VA docs on the take?
Not necessarily, the system is just fubar. I've known people who'd been out of the service for decades, never asked the VA for jack and they get a notice saying their disability had been increased from 50% to 100% (or some other number) when they were well into their 60s. There may be some perverse incentive where the docs are graded on percentages, I have no idea, but weird stuff happens without kickbacks.
Posted on 4/15/26 at 10:14 am to trinidadtiger
Supposedly the #1 VA disability is
Tinnitus.
Tinnitus.
Posted on 4/15/26 at 10:14 am to Clames
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I can claim PTSD for all the dumb shite that happens trying to plan and execute a simple FTX.
I lol'd a little.
Posted on 4/15/26 at 10:15 am to Barneyrb
Umm that would be 280 not 28
Posted on 4/15/26 at 10:17 am to George Dickel
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Supposedly the #1 VA disability is Tinnitus.
That’s an auto 10%. Which is about $180/month.
fricking veterans bankrupting the nation
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