Should veterans and retirees be "Triple Dipping?"

The ones complaining are probably the ones who tried to do it but didn't get approved. Its not easy to do and if you meet the quals- by God take it.

"Should Veterans be "triple Dipping"? I think you mean "should Veterans be enrolled in all programs for which they meet the eligibility standards?" The nature in which this question is asked lends to a misuse of available compensation programs. If we look closely within the peramiters of the original question if one of those Veterans also utilizes their GI Bill are they now quad dipping?

The reality is while many people in this world "game" they system (welfare, SNAP, EBT, whatever the going trend is in gov based funding for no work); the MAJORITY of Veterans REFUSE benefits or DELAY receipt of benefits until they have no other options available.

Perhaps we should be educating the men and women who served along side us so we don't have people self medicating with alcohol and drugs to "get through the day" so they can live in a safe home/eat a healthy meal. In a community thick with stigma it is probably not in our best interest to suggest that someone who retired from the military, is disabled as a result of that service and is disabled to the point of being UNABLE to work = "making more than you did serving"... because I'm willing to bet if they were in good physical/mental health they would be making more than they did serving.

The process to get the third entitlement SSDI is not that easy, they send you to their doctor and is based on his/her examination and a review by their employment specialist.

This career tract is brutal. If you meet the 50% requirement and pull off a 20+ career... by all means you deserve it. If you reach that 100% unemployable rating by the VA after your 20+ year career, you're probably going to need SSI to live off of too. Don't drink the haterade. I'll be happy to collect my 21 year retirement whatever disability they say I have and the paycheck from the next job. Are you going to start a poll about that too?

Hi , I'm a national Guard member from new york, I am 90 % combined total disability. I don't have 20 years but I am still in pending seperation and med board, seperation because I'm using cannabis to help me with my physical and mental pain. Just came off a shoulder surgery LOD, knee surgery end of April, LOD, back pain that can't be fixed because of extreme risk factors, sleep apnea, severe ptsd with alcohol and cannabis disorder and the list continues. Used to take my 18 pills and drink my bottle of tequila, gallon size. Now for people to say we don't deserve or this triple dipping crap. You need to realize what we went through or going through. Us veterans are entitled to this even though we still get shitted on. So whoever is making this shit up need reevaluate there research.

I get 100% from the VA and SSI. Was injured while in, only did seven years. The Navy retired me but I gave up E-5 pay for medical insurance for the family.

It is not "triple dipping" to get all the benefits you are entitled to. That's equivalent to saying no you shouldn't get disability benefits while using the GI Bill and getting your degree/trade.

If they earned it, they deserve it.

IF you qualify, then you qualify. Nothing wrong with following the rules in place that allows such a thing to happen. If anyone doesn't like that it is allowed don't go hard at the folks smart enough to figure out how, and change the system.

I have a scare where the tip of my tailbone made it through my skin on onto the pavement from jerking situps for the PT test. I will be in pain the rest of my life. I figured out how stupid it was to play tuff and not claim disability when my unemployment ran out. I very nearly ended up on the side of the road panhandling.