Should veterans and retirees be "Triple Dipping?"

Concurrent reciept robbed my mother of my dead flag officer's dream home after his death from service related Vietnam era-caused, service related lymphoma. Seems all that agent orange wasn't meant to rattle around in HUMANS. Politicians get healthcare for LIFE! WTF?! You wear slashes on that cuff, are Master Blaster rated, and serve over 30 yrs if distinguished service, and what FOR?

I retired in 98 and received 50% I had all that money removed from my retirement for about 10 years or more. I am now 100% and get all three after many surgeries. I do get by though.

It's like a billionaire filling bankruptcy. If it's legal, so be it. Your just using the system for which it was designed for.

You joined and did 20. You retire. That is part of the agreement. During that 20, you pay social security. It's in your LES. you get that when you hit 65 just like every other citizen that paid into it. It is believed you can get another job when you get out at the age of 38 or a little older. If you cannot, you are disabled. Guess what? That is all three at 65. I don't have a problem with it.

For any one that actually makes it to 100% at least the ones I know would gladly give it all back to have their health.

In today's economy, military salary isn't all that great. I'm not complaining about it at all, but as a civilian, I'd expect to make quite a bit more than I made in the military, which I do. So if you legitimately can't work, I don't see the big deal getting more paid benefits than when active, because if you weren't disabled, you could very well be anyway.

Well I guess that I am a "Quadruple dipper" ,. I receive retired military pay at 52.5 percent (21 years), 60 percent pay from VA for disability, and I did 20 plus years for AF Civil Service, and I now draw my Social Security.
If you REALLY want to know, I feel that I am underpaid for what I endured.

I draw my military retirement. I am 90% disabled by VA. I still make it to work every weekday. I will draw my retirement from my govt job. I will also draw my ssa benefits if any still exist So is that quadruple dipping? I think I have put in the time blood sweat and tears to qualify for it all.

These people are often those who have been seriously wounded and can no longer work. They have given all they have for their country and believe me they wont get rich from that extra 1200 a month. They definitely deserve it.

From post-Civil War until earlier this century, retired veterans had their retirement benefits offset by the amount of their VA disability compensation, as an individual could not collect both ("double dipping").
It took a long time and much work for the Veterans Service Organizations and those grpups representing retirees to get the law changed. That it was finally changed is because it was the right thing to do. A disabled vet should receive all benefits to which he is entitled, from whatever program for which he is eligible, without reduction or offset.