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Chopper 2
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I've been approached by veteran advocate groups and organizations (Fateranal order of the purple heart, American legion, vfw, dav, and others) telling me I could get bumped to 100% because I have a couple of enemy marksmanship badges.
I've always turned it down. I went through my process and got what I got.
Isn't this one of the main purposes of these organizations to help fellow veterans get the benefits they may be entitled to?
Pretty noble of you to turn down compensation from the VA that you say you should receive. :bow:
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You can get 100% disability without ever seeing combat, without ever leaving the USA.
Yes you can. Have you never heard of training accidents? They are the leading cause of injuries to service members. Helicopter crashes, vehicle accidents, firing range mishaps. The list goes on and on.
The military even has compensation for it - CRSC (Combat Related Special Compensation). It's awarded if your injury was a direct result of combat related training.
You might want to rethink your position.
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The younger troops are weaponzing the VA compensation are sometimes 100% disabled by the time they get out. This while being perfectly able to function in society.
How are they able to "weaponize" the compensation to 100%? What are their injuries such that the VA will rate them at 100% without being injured?
re: 40% of all living veterans are on disability benefits
Posted by Chopper 2 on 7/14/26 at 11:53 am to onmymedicalgrind
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As has been noted, there is so much “gray” that you could always find a therapist or doctor that can write a nexus letter in a way vague enough to support their service connection without risking their career or reputation.
Yes. I agree that writing up a fake injury is fraud. But once the veteran has filed the claim he will still need to prove to the VA that he does in fact have that injury noted by the doctor.
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i mean, fair enough.
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i have no idea. a lot. you're honestly arguing like a liberal about the voter and welfare fraud that everyone knows is happening but cant prove.
Well, without a number, the claims may fall into reasonable numbers. Having been thru the process I know how rigorous the VA was and how thoroughly my medical files were scrutinized. That's why I don't believe the fraud is rampant. Is there some, sure. There are always some who figure out how to cheat the system.
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ok. i'm sure it's entirely legitimate that such a huge portion of the most healthy demographic in the country magically all break down even in the most non-physical of military jobs and require a lifetime of compensation.
I don't know. What is that percentage?
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there are physical therapists around military installations who know exactly what they need to write in their reports. it's a whole cottage industry around bases.
So now you're saying that military medical personnel are putting their careers and reputation on the line to fraud the VA. What's the benefit to the therapists?
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have you read any of my posts? how would you like me to prove to you that all of these late teens and early twenty military members dont really have nebulous back and neck problems?
You can't. That's my point. It is your opinion that that is what they are doing. You aren't medical personnel and can't diagnose them.
And going on "sick call" for an injury is still not fraud.
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they are in medical and physical therapy every day for so called injuries. there are mutiple 18-22 year olds where i go to physical therapy in there every day for vague back, knee, neck, etc injuries. THAT'S the fraud
That's not fraud. When I was in we called that malingering. They will still need to prove to the VA that their injuries were valid & service connected.
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i know some of you guys are getting really mad that i keep saying this is happening and you really dont want to believe me, but i promise you that it is, and it is rampant.
You should stop arguing with these people and just show them the proof that you have of rampant fraud. That will shut them up once and for all.
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The service member must have documented evidence across their length of service to VERIFY the claim. Even then, the VA makes a determination on if it is service connected or not.
People can file as many claims as they want. It doesn't mean they are all being awarded compensation for them.
This is the point I was trying to make. If there is fraud, how is it occurring? Having been thru the process, the VA is extremely thorough with all elements of your claim. Are they now letting service members cheat? I want to know how the fraud is occurring.
re: 40% of all living veterans are on disability benefits
Posted by Chopper 2 on 7/13/26 at 3:23 pm to LemmyLives
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You can't be serious. There are entire websites dedicated to coaching people through this, including those that refer you to their own doctors.
I am aware of these sites, as is the VA. Coaching someone on what to say is not the same as faking an injury. The medical documentation must accompany the claim.
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I know a guy who never got deployed who actually openly admitted he was trying to get disability so he could hunt handicap trails on WMAs and NWRs. He ended up getting it, too. He can walk, run, talk, hear, see, do any kind of physical work that he needs to.
I'm sorry to hear you have dishonest friends that would lie to the VA. But if I'm not mistaken he would only need a 10% rating. Tinnitus will give him that and most service members that have been to the range a few have some ringing.
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Most claims seem to be from easily faked issues or issues that we all suffer from as we age. I always figured PTSD was the easiest for scammers to make a claim
What are some of the easily faked issues?
How are they fooling VA doctors that they have an injury that doesn't exist?
How are all these PTSD fakers able to fool psychiatric personnel?
Just because an individual does not show a disability, does not mean that the VA did give that service member a rating thru their system.
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Why would a pilot with only 500 hours be conducting an evaluation of a pilot with 1000 hours?
They weren't. The 500 hr CPT was receiving a check ride from the 1000 hr CW2 IP.
They keep saying that she was the PIC, but the CW2 IP was overall responsible for the aircraft. Whether she was manipulating the controls or not, the IP was the overall aircraft commander. He was responsible for see & avoid.
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She was sitting in the left-hand side of the cockpit with the best visibility of the CRJ approaching from her left.
Do we know that for a fact?
Because that's a stunning revelation.
I'm going to go out on a limb here, but if the information is correct that she was conducting a check ride, then in all probability she was in the right seat. The pilot being evaluated will almost always fly in the pilot seat while the IP will fly left seat and evaluate.
Seems like there are a lot of fixed wing pilots that aren't aware that the pilot station in a helicopter is the right seat.
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I like to think you may have had a thought or two about the flight going through a high traffic commercial airspace before signing off.
Indeed I would. But, the mission is to support the evacuation of high rating individuals in the event of an emergency. My pilots need to train as they fight and fly day or night. To do that they need to fly those routes day & night.
I am very sympathetic to the tragedy, but higher ups need to change or amend the mission.
As a side note, while not flying PAT, I did fly those DC routes for several years in a different capacity. AND, I'll admit it was also about 30 years ago and I realize things will change.
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500 hours is not a lot of flight time.
She wasn’t a student pilot, though. That was my point.
As a 20 year Army Aviator I'll like to add my prospective on this accident...
The CPT was not a student but a Rated Aviator on a training mission. Once she graduated from Fort Rucker she was a full fledged pilot.
500 hours for her time in service and her rank was on par with most Army pilots. You would be horrified to learn that there are 100s, if not 1000s, of 500 hour PIC aviators flying missions all across the country. We build our time by flying with more experienced aviators. In this case, she was paired with a 1000 hr Instructor Pilot.
Had I been their commander with a 1000 hr IP and 500 hr pilot, I would have signed that mission brief.
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Plus, that assumes the pilots got the latest altimeter setting
The tower is required to provide the current altimeter setting at the time of initial contact and should be repeated back the pilot. This is a standard procedure.
re: 3rd Soldier of the BlackHawk identified
Posted by Chopper 2 on 2/2/25 at 12:25 pm to DisplacedBuckeye
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But you do know there was a woman onboard who took a picture with Biden once and went to a pride event, right?
Oh, right, sarcasm...
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