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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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
SPC Joel Carter Sr It's not just theVA, take a look at the number of doctors who will not accept TRICARE.
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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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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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SPC Michael Tierney
SGT Kerry Sommers - I recently visited the VA clinic in Marina, CA (near Pebble Beach) it was excellent. I saw audiology and got my flu shot. Will go to Mpls VA when I return to MN for my Covid booster. I guess I have been lucky that these facilities are so good.
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A1C Joel Jakubowski
I agree---though I struggle with the standards for determining the percentage of Service-Related Disability being awarded---and the significant divide of advantages once qualifying for 30%+ [and further exacerbated by the fact that ALL vets do not qualify for dental services --astounding!] Any thoughts on this?....
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SPC Matt Ovaska
A1C Joel Jakubowski - I heard that the VA is funding health care with dental for illegal aliens.
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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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