Of course I can’t say where he got his COPD. The problem is, other people get it without being near those sorts of fires. I view some of these claims with a jaundiced eye because of normal logical observations.
This guy appears to be quite overweight. Has that contributed to his health issues?
I get emails from time to time, “You may be entitled to money...” The notes explain what company I may have dealt with, and what they have supposedly done. I delete the eMail.
I’m just not interested in seeking a big pay-day to increase my income. I planned for my retirement. I’m satisfied. I’m not interested in dragging some entity down.
If the government thinks they did something wrong, then put the managers in prison. I’m not interested in “nickle and dimeing” them to death.
If I had a large claim, and it was reasoned, I’m not saying I would never seek compensation, particularly if I had large medical bills related to it.
I would want to be fairly certain my claim was almost certainly undeniable though.
“The problem is, other people get it without being near those sorts of fires.”
This is quite true. The same goes for just about any other disease a person can get in a war zone. My understanding with regard to service members, is there needs to be scientific evidence a particular wartime scenario causes a disease, then they compare the number of war veterans with the disease percapita to those veterans that never went overseas. If the war vets get the disease at a much higher rate, then it’s considered service connected.
How much money a person makes is not the issue, it’s compensation for serving their country coupled with coming home with a disease they never had any idea they’d ever get.
With many veteran compensation and/or medical is highly contested. Maybe the best way to solve the issue is to just shut down the army, navy and AF.