Should veterans and retirees be "Triple Dipping?"

I see nothing wrong with it if you qualify for it. Good luck getting all those benefits though.

Why do we even need to ask this question? I would like to know who/why/when this concept of double/triple dipping was initiated. When I was a MilTech/Reservist I was accused of double dipping. When the VA gave me a disability rating, my VA compensation was offset by my military pay. With VA/Government math, to get 100% disability rating, you have to be damn near dead. Today, if you don't meet certain prerequisites, your retirement is offset by your VA disability. For any Social Security you qualify/receive - we pay into that. As for the VA benefits received, if an individual had to pay for those services on the open medical market, they would be homeless. What a Veteran is put through to even qualify, believe me, they are earned and deserved. Comments from an 80% Medically Retired, 90% VA disability rating (trying to increase it - did the calculation, I would need to receive 50% just to get the 10%) and I have a Federal Civilian job.

I'm part of a dual medically retired household. My husband received a Purple Heart. He gets SSD, CRSP, 100% unemployability, served 15 years 1 tour Bosnia, 2 tour Iraq. I get 100% unemployability, could get SSD but haven't yet, 1 tour Iraq, 5yr service. We deserve every penny

Get what you can get from this government that doesn't care about us once they can't use us anymore

I get all three, I hurt my back while on active duty. It wouldn't have been permanently disabling if the VA hadn't ignored me for two years and then almost kill me on the table. Then an over zealous surgeon destroyed my back permanently. Before I realized I was crippled for life I felt guilty for "triple dipping" but now it's our only real source of income. My husband can't work a full time job because he has to take care of me. There are so many everyday tasks I can't do without excruciating pain that he has to do almost everything. So, I choose not to be miserable and maintain an attitude of acceptance and gratitude that we have what we have even though I wish it were different.

I guess that answers the question. We have brothers and sisters that more than earned it and, in reality, should be given more than what they already get considering what they gave up.

I draw as I.and am 100% disabled thanks to the no viet named army. I held off even asking for anything until I just could not get in and out of my trk. Now I'm not much more than a complete invilid. I'm constantly in pain. I'm sorry the chief thinks I'm a scumbag.

That is not scamming the system.
Now if you are taking the extent of your disability to meet all three conditions it is another matter.

Triple Dipping, to me, implies accessing the same pool of funds three times. If you are eligible to to receive funds from three different pools, go for it.

I'm not sure what this whole triple dipping is. But I do live in pain. gain a ton of weight because every time I would go and do cardio I would reinjure something or aggravate an injury. I have a high tolerance, but sometimes it gets so bad I pass out and/or see stars. Had to stop taking narcotics because thanks to my genetics have built a resistance/tolerance to pain killers. So I basically looked like a junkie poping 4 sometimes more hydrocodones. live on 600mg motrin, fish oil, turmeric, flaxseed, and pineapple juice(all for inflammation). ever few months I have to go through a 1 week cleans to flush my body of the motrin and wellbutrin. I do this in order to keeps my kidneys and liver from getting fucked up too bad. because nothing says fun like the looming threat of a seizer, kidney or liver failure. fun times