Posted on Oct 25, 2016
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Member was active duty, deployed stated he was involved in combat, changed to saw combat, changed again to witnessed people dying and changed again. Med appointed him to Wounded Warrior Prog, docs stated they didn't think it was PTSD, yet wouldn't state it "officially". He's scamming money and benefits from VA now when true PTSD victims are waiting for aid.
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Posted 8 y ago
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Seems to me your investigation should be directed towards the doctors who, if your claims are accurate, are knowingly signing off on false PTSD claims . They are the ones the system relies on to sort out the real from the fraud. Otherwise, why have med boards at all? So to me, those doctors are as guilty of benefit fraud as the servicemember. If they truly believe, in their professional medical opinion, that this guy does not have PTSD, yet signed off on it anyway, that's fraud.
OTOH, if it is their medical opinion that the guy may well have it, but they aren't sure, then I have no problem with them either saying more testing is needed, or giving the benefit of the doubt to the veteran. I'd rather have a doctor who isn't sure err on the side of the vet. But if they really are committing fraud as you say, you should be reporting them and getting them disciplined. They are as guilty of fraud as anyone
OTOH, if it is their medical opinion that the guy may well have it, but they aren't sure, then I have no problem with them either saying more testing is needed, or giving the benefit of the doubt to the veteran. I'd rather have a doctor who isn't sure err on the side of the vet. But if they really are committing fraud as you say, you should be reporting them and getting them disciplined. They are as guilty of fraud as anyone
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This is an excellent question. PTSD is hard for the VA to prove or disprove. If the vet is changing his story on a regular basis, I would think that some kind of investigation could be looked into for validity of the claim.
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SSG Jacey R.
MSgt R Roberts it is a tough one, due to the fact that there are many different symptoms and affect each individual differently. I am sure no one wants to say one way or the other.
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