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And they say they support veterans but all VA hirees have had their offers rescinded
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This assumes that bloating the VA with more hires equates to more veteran support. You know what more support for veterans looks like? Better results. Better outcomes.
It's a similar flawed thinking to spending money... the more we spend on something, the better it gets, right?! .... DC schools beg to differ with twice the national average spending per student and some of the worst performing districts in the country.
Perhaps part of the answer does involve increasing VA staffing. Perhaps not. But to automatically conclude that rescinding VA job offers equals not supporting veterans reflects a lack of critical thinking skills more than anything.
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I know most were doctors and nurses. That said if we really want to get to the root cause, stop having PA's on active duty pretending to be doctors for starters and gatekeeping some who actually went to a real school.
Real school lol. Ok dude.
How about they go after all the disability scammers and make them pay the money back.
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PA's gate keep constantly that is the part that gets me. If the military provided accurate care, addressing the issue at the source right as they begin and throughout their careers, it would cut down on just about everything increasing Quality of Life. I say this because my girl has several issues that are pretty severe that her service exacerbate to such a point that it will have detrimental effects for the rest of her life.
As for the scammers, address the issue at the source then play whack a mole.
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What are you on. Take it you’re not a vet. If you’re jealous go sign up bro unless you’re scared
I'm a vet. I just dont scam for disability. Sorry if I question your "100% disability".
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lol I’m a vet and there’s a fuck ton of scammers.
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Ah yes 100% definitely would raise eyebrows. I’d agree with you there, not sure how you’d even keep a medical. Thought you were against it altogether. As far as scamming goes wouldn’t you agree it’s pretty freakin hard to get a rating, I mean those C&P examiners don’t play around
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No. Back pain? Tinnitus? Anxiety? So hard to diagnose, so easy to get a percentage.
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Except the hard part is having the diagnosis in service already, if not your SOL. Most people I know are rated somewhere between 30-60%. Still pretty high, but not exactly life changing money. You’re talking about maybe $400-1000$ a month. Guess it’ll pay off your car in todays economy
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I was bored so checked the current rates ( Actually 2024 rates as 2025 not published yet)
30-60%-Monthly rate
No dependents- $537.42- $1,395.93
W/ Spouse- $601.42- $1,523.93
W/ Spouse + 1 Kid- $632.42- $1,586.93 ( Each additional kid adds $31, $42, $53, $63)
W/ Spouse + 1 Kid in college- $703.42 - $1,728.93
Not chump change by any stretch.
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Better than I thought. Not everyone I know has a rating. I was just going off the people I knew that did have ratings. I myself have 10%. Guess in the VA’s eyes, two 0%’s percents equals 10%. Hey I’m not complaining. Beer money
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We have a loser at work who claimed all that, plus erectile dysfunction, not because his wife is a fat fuck, but because he said it was caused by controlling in the military (and yes, he got an extra 10% disability for that).
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Anybody who has been through the VA claims process knows it’s anything but “so easy to get a percentage” particularly because of military culture to avoid the doc and the sick bay because “don’t be a pussy.” Leaves a lot of vets with lacking medical records and an uphill battle after separation.
It’s definitely not impossible but “so easy” doesn’t really describe the process of service connection especially if you’ve been separated for many years. They aren’t just going to take your word for it when it comes to missing medical records and a nexus to service.
Then account for the exponential increase in difficulty to achieve higher ratings because VA math is not simple summation... By the time you see 100%, these people are pretty fucked up. Yes there are scammers. Can’t avoid all the cockbags out there. But ask anybody rated 100% legitimately and chances are they would trade their 4K a month for normal life again.
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I’m not taking about 100%ers. If they’re scamming they’re usually in the 30%ish range. I am not saying everyone at 30% is scamming before anyone tries to jump at me. Although ironically of the two people I do know at 100%, one of them is def scamming lol
Why does anyone actually care about people getting VA disability even if they're scamming? It affects no one other than that individual and some VA doc had to sign off on it and there's some sort of documentation from service records of whatever they're claiming.
Sure the VA should probably be a little more strict when handing out disability because most people I know don't really have a disability with the rating they are given in my opinion. Most people that complain about this, that I've seen at least, are people that were never in the military and can't get the same scam but scam in everything else.
Also fuck the government. They tax us out the ass and in no way spend our money in a responsible manner. So go get all the money back from them that you can
Also I have 0% since people will accuse me of scamming too
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As anything I’m sure it depends on your last physical or medical check with the military. I’ve spoken with people on disability that said the doc in their last visit was pushing these things on them. “You sure you don’t have tinnitus? Wink wink”
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Damn. I’ve never heard of that.. honestly sounds a little far fetched because I wouldn’t think any doctor would be willing to falsify medical documents and risk their medical license in order to get a stranger 170/mo.
But then again tinnitus is the most common service connected disability… so maybe.
I’ve always been baffled why vets who are service connected think it’s a good idea to talk about it. There’s literally not one positive thing that can result from a veteran disclosing a rating to anybody other than the spouse.
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