Falsely claiming PTSD for VA benefits?

Too much fraud going on. Seems like every modern day vet is coming back with PTSD. Even see sailors onboard ships claiming it. We no longer have Spartans in our ranks, we have too many Athenians. I think all recruits shood get a mental evaluation before they go to boot. Maybe it's time to fight our wars with AI and robots as we don't have enough warriors.

As someone who has helped Dozens, if not a few hundred people navigate their VA claims system, I can speak with some informed knowledge on this subject, Can the VA system be gamed to award a nonsense claim, Yes it can to a small degree. No system is perfect, because it is designed to be done on an individual basis with facts found and verified where possible, a few slip through the cracks as a result. The system also has safeguards built in to weed out false claims, virtually no one gets a disability award based on their own painting of their claim as totally disabling, the actors who try this are very often exposed and flagged in the system for further review and prosecution where appropriate. Most times these actors/posers expose themselves by making wild claims about things with no factually verifiable records to support it. Of all the claims I have helped with only 2 have been questionable nearly from the start, in both cases I told that veteran that I would not be helping them because they either did not have current evidence of a disability in their file or they appeared to have no supporting documentation of an in service injury or incident that could have caused what they claimed, (One claimed his medical records were classified and sealed because of the mission He was involved in), This was laughable because his assignments and primary Duty MOS was as a Generic Generator mechanic that never left the United States. My bottom line is simple here, I judge no veteran who feels they have a legitimate claim and I defer to the VA system and raters on sorting out the facts as law requires.....

The VA gets false claims all the time and they tend to find out the truth. It may take a while, but when they do, whoever claimed false claims will get busted for it. As someone who suffers from PTSD, it's beyond irritating seeing these jerks get disability for false claims while I struggle to get anything changed. It took me years, hell, over a decade to actually get disability for it because i felt guilty. For those that actually suffer from PTSD, get help. Those thst fake it? Go to hell.

PTSD covers more than just combat trauma. Types of events that can lead to PTSD include:
-serious accidents.
-physical or sexual assault.
-abuse, including domestic abuse.
-exposure to traumatic events at work, including remote exposure.
-serious health problems, such as being admitted to intensive care.
-childbirth experiences, such as losing a baby.

Any of the aforementioned items above could happen in the span of someone's military service. Also none of us are qualified mental health professionals. Who are we to determine whether someone's claim is fraudulent. The Department of Veterans Affairs has qualified Mental Health providers that can determine whether the claim is legit. Let's leave that job to the experts.

For a decade the VA rejected every PTSD claim filed. Then when buildings were bulging to explode with claims, they gave up and approved everything. So everyone who suffered anxiety while in the military had PTSD. I recall sitting in groups with “vets” who never saw the enemy and all they talked about was their diabetes.

Should be charged and prosecuted.

I worked at an AFEES station in ElPaso, TX as part of my second enlistment in the early 1970s and we were still drafting folks so I saw every excuse in the book from folks who were seeking to disqualify themselves from service. Pretending to be homosexual, pretending not to speak English, and many others. Then after the draft ended and the US found itself in an economic hole and the oil fields of west Texas stopped drilling and pumping many of these folks found speaking English was not a problem and supposed homosexuals saw the light became straight and they all wanted a job with benefits. On the other hand, PTSD is never healed, and in the 70s the VA did not have a clue on what to do about it. I hand 21 months of overseas duty in Vietnam one full 13-month tour and an extension. The Marine Corps was desperately short of men for the field companies and support from the weapons platoon, mortors, machine guns, and more, volunteering for extensions was good for promotion and free leave. All this considered I freely admit I was scared shitless almost every day I spent in Vietnam. Upon returning home only the structure of the Marine Corp Brotherhood and my wife and family got me through living with my PTSD on a daily basis.

And people wonder why the VA is not held in high regard by many

DOD or VA IG investigated? USA Fraud Waste and Abuse hotline still exists? Curious why you ask, your involvement etc. Based on what you shared he might not be best to snitch on, public civic duty and all considered. Just saying.

as for the c n c , the answer is no in most states, as your dd214 code would be changed to reflect and would show up on a back ground check for a c n c, not sure about the hunting license... Firing a weapon in a combat zone is not a requirement of getting ptsd, a high stress environment can induce ptsd , as for the Va portion only a new evaluation can expose any kind of fraud, but the Va wants to close the cases they have open....