Should veterans and retirees be "Triple Dipping?"

People on welfare make more money and get more benefits. Illegals get assistant and they have never served. I say go for it....

Well here comes my weigh in on this. If you did 20 years you rate your retirement pay. If along the way you had disability created by the military service then you earned the VA disability pay. If those disabilities are keeping you from work and you qualified for SSD then the thing that you need to know is that was earned also. SSD is the same as your full SSA retirement meaning that is what you already paid into the system and you are drawing it earlier because you are now disabled. And SSI is a total different program that is the State funded for those that didn't work or didn't work enough to pull a certain amount (based off each State, Idaho is $733 per month maxed). So with that if it was earned then why do we get bent out of shape they are triple dipping? Retirement =earned, VA rating=earned, SSD= earned.

I think they all should be allowed to triple dip, they earned it with thier lives, go complain elsewhere, smh

Quit hating and step your game up by serving. Be a veteran you'll share the same understanding we do. God bless our haters!!!

If you died in combat, you would be a number. All the BS aside only your family, fellow service members who knew you would give a fq. To the Government it's an SGLI payout. So fqem. Get what's coming to you if you came home, especially less than what you left. I love my country, if she loves me back, pay me bish.
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Technically you don't have to have the 20 years service time; a medical retirement will allow you to do this as well.

I just had my I claim approved in January. Getting ready for my SSI exam in two weeks. I won't be drawing retirement pay for another 10 years. That being said, and I am being sincere about this...I would gladly give it all up if I could just feel normal again. I lost several jobs, my marriage, my home to foreclosure and my military career due to PTSD. I have my pride and it kills me to feel the way I do. I feel like everyone threw me to the side of the road like trash, and that was after earning a Masters degree after I came back. I did everything I was supposed to, gave more than I had, and for what? Meaningless pieces of paper on the wall? If I'm lucky, I get to see my son a few times a month. I have become increasingly anti-social, even afraid to sleep my own bed for fear of what may happen while I am asleep. Yeah I go to the VA, yeah they give me meds. Still, I look at all of these accomplishments and feel like I did it all for nothing. Even worse, I feel guilty about saying anything because others out there are worse off. Just wondering, how exactly should I feel after all this? I really don't know anymore.

I believe once you have served you should have those benefits because of the sacrifices and the way we are treated by civilians at the VA only Veterans can take care of Veterans

I got a Navy retirement after seven years. Get 100% from the VA and SSI. But I did get crushed by an M-60 tank onboard my landing craft. The scars are pretty wicked, my best ASSet is now gone. I think I deserve it.

Eligibility is there for a reason