Should veterans and retirees be "Triple Dipping?"

It's not very much money and you'd have to be pretty messed up to get the whole shebang. But if the question is should you make more when retired than you made on active duty, look no further than your senior officers who've got a pretty sweet retirement set up and allows them to make more retired than when active - and that's ALL of them, not some small number of messed up enlisted guys.

Sounds to me like someone applied and was turned down and is now upset about it

If the person deserves it then why would it be a big deal? Next thing they will be griping about is how ble amputees are screwing the system by requesting wheelchairs from the VA. It isn't any of my business what piece of pie or how big of slice of pie someone else has.

People in legislation do it and draw over $100000 a year.it's legal for them. You all earned get it

A different type is to retire, collect disability and become a government service worker (usually some ridiculously inflated gs rank like a non-supervisory GS-14 like I've seen). Over $100k/year with no management or supervisory responsibilities? Sounds like a good deal to the taxpayer...

I don't there is just a thing as tripple dipping, if you retired, you get your retirement check, if you get a medical discharge you get the percentage you deserved, but no va compensation because you get a medical discharge, if you are disable you might get social security because at this time you had made enough contributions, now if you are 100 percent compesation, you are disable therefore you are eligible for SS, and your retirement, nevertheless is not tripple dipping because you earned those credits.

I think it's a case by case thing. I know a MSG about to retire with three Purple Hearts. He's 43 with the body of a 60 year old. Sure, he can still work, but not the same as he'd have been before serving. I think he should make more than when he was in. OTOH, I know others that never went past boot camp, and will receive benefits for life, even though they have a whole other career now, and no loss of quality of life.

There is a reverse issue that ha occurred for some of us, where the Government has forced payments to obtain our military service time.
I was forced out of the military at just under the 12 year mark as I was not able to deploy being a single father with 4 small children whose wife had run off with a alleged child molestor. Having a critical JMCIS NEC, my ship opted to discharge me in order to get a quick replacement. I was given a have severance for my time and limited base priveleges for three and a promise to be able to stay in base housing for a month. A soon as I was discharged that month turned into a week, with a mark on my credit report for storage of household goods. Next came the VA disability rating for respiratory issues that were service related. Instead of receiving monthly compensation, I was told that until all of my severance pay was paid back I would receive nothing and the Government took back every penny. Severance is compensation for a breach in contract, not retirement. Compensation for a service connected health issue is for that issue. However, that is not what regulations showed. Next came the opportunity to buy back my service time when I became employed with the federal government. So when it comes to double or triple dipping, I have my own beef about. I busted my butt in the military and was shafted because of the needs of Navy and thena greedy government trying to prevent double dipping. What they did was double dip.

Society is now burdened by combat vets living in privileged excess. LOL There are even a few quadruple dippers: (Social Security + Mil Retirement + 100% VA + civil service pay.) I can't believe the guy sitting next to me can still walk; just shows what a committed slacker can accomplish.

I'm only double dipping and make more retired than I did active. Of course I can barely move an don't really get to enjoy the money as much as I would have ten years ago.