Posted on Dec 27, 2017
Should Veterans feel bad about being awarded and receiving VA disability compensation for non-combat related injuries?
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No way should anyone feel badly about getting disability. First the award is for service related, not combat related, injuries and second the percent of service members who have actually served in combat is relatively small when compared to the overall total of service members served by the VA. I could certainly go along with some percentage increase in compensation if injury is combat related, but if someone receives injuries that qualify him/her for disability while serving our country they deserve every bit of it and should never feel ashamed because of it.
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FA Neel Fredenburgh
i put in for a raise in disability for my breathing problems due to asbestoes exposure. 3 months and 15 pages later (and 2 doctors stating my condition ois WORSE) they tell me i havent gotten to the "next level". its not like its going to get better at any time, it WILL only get WORSE. SO HOW DO THEY "graduate" the next "level" by inches? metric? feet? or "just not breathing" any more???
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FA Neel Fredenburgh
i forgot to mention , i was in back in the end of viet nam era. i was a boiler tech
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A1C Medrick "Rick" DeVaney
Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen -
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A1C Medrick "Rick" DeVaney
FA Neel Fredenburgh -
I Had A Couple Of AFCS, 1 Just Happen To Be A Boiler Tech, Same As You.
And Since The United States Armed Forces Institute (USAFI) Didn't Have Any
Self-Study Programs I Took NAVPERS Programs, Boilerman I Then Boilerman II & Chief,
IF I Recall Those Sequences Right, I Had 5 Levels In Heating & A/C ~ 5 Level In Military Security ~ And My Boilerman's Certificate ~ But Even With All Of That Sh*t, I Actually Spent More Time Working Clerical Than In Any Of My Actual Fields.. GOT MILK? (:-)>
I Had A Couple Of AFCS, 1 Just Happen To Be A Boiler Tech, Same As You.
And Since The United States Armed Forces Institute (USAFI) Didn't Have Any
Self-Study Programs I Took NAVPERS Programs, Boilerman I Then Boilerman II & Chief,
IF I Recall Those Sequences Right, I Had 5 Levels In Heating & A/C ~ 5 Level In Military Security ~ And My Boilerman's Certificate ~ But Even With All Of That Sh*t, I Actually Spent More Time Working Clerical Than In Any Of My Actual Fields.. GOT MILK? (:-)>
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I have noted an increasing amount of these kinds of questions since 9/11. Prior to that, at least in my time as an adult, there was no concern as long as the injury fit the definition of "Service-Connected." But since the War on Terror began, we have a whole generation of young servicemembers who don't remember the "Peacetime" Military. Many veterans who currently claim compensation are from that time of service known as The Cold War and have injuries accrued due to their service. Even the safest professions in the military carry a level of danger above that of a civilian career. People get hurt in "safe" environments. It only stands to reason that when you add guns, explosives and other military training to this that more (and more substantial) injuries will occur. Since the military does not have Workers Compensation, the VA's compensation is what's left. That's kinda what it's there for.
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Sgt Cullen Smith
CPT Diana Davis - True. I was stationed in Turkey during Able Archer and we come very close to being nuked. On another note, sometimes our NATO Allies can be scary, in regards to Turkey. Every time they got into an argument with Greece they would roll tanks into our compound and aim their barrels at our buildings. Not a fun experience.
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SPC Rick Beatty
CPT Diana Davis - They were we had a mig fly over our class A nato site 3 times before the german air force chased him away, this was in the 1980's
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A1C Medrick "Rick" DeVaney
CPT Diana Davis -
USAF 06/29/1961 (my 17th Birthday ~ 06/10/65 ~ DD214'ed Out Of Osan AFB S. Korea.
During Those 4 Years We Had: ~ The Cold War With Russia ~ Vietnam In Full Gear ~ Cuban Crisis ~ And The Assassination Of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy ~~ And I Clearly Recall Our Loading Nukes On A 24 Hour Basis, 12 Hour Shifts, No Days Off.
USAF 06/29/1961 (my 17th Birthday ~ 06/10/65 ~ DD214'ed Out Of Osan AFB S. Korea.
During Those 4 Years We Had: ~ The Cold War With Russia ~ Vietnam In Full Gear ~ Cuban Crisis ~ And The Assassination Of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy ~~ And I Clearly Recall Our Loading Nukes On A 24 Hour Basis, 12 Hour Shifts, No Days Off.
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Not at all. If the injury is service-connected, it's a legitimate disability.
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LTC Kevin B.
SPC Matt Ovaska - If you dig even slightly, you will see that doesn't appear to be true at all. From what I've read, the VA is simply processing claims paperwork for IHS. This doesn't involve any provision of care by the VA.
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SFC Jo Ann Klawitter
I did not document my disabilities when I was in the service because I thought I was invincible, but I did see a doctor and he told me well. If you cut off your toenails they’ll just grow back the same.
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SFC Jo Ann Klawitter
Cpl Vic Burk no, I know other people are experienced the same type of VA slow reaction time on our disabilities
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