It seems every country made the same blunder: setting up a Communist boondoggle to “care” for veterans. Every veteran should get a check with which to buy catastrophic medical insurance in the private market.
Honestly, as an Australian veteran, I’ve nothing but respect for the Department of Veteran’s Affairs and find them to be efficient, and dedicated to getting it right.
The benefits are also quite generous, although I certainly would never object to them being improved.
Once vets stopped active duty service, they should have just been given vouchers for civilian medial facilities. Creating the entire VA medical complex was a hugh mistake, and only grew the size of government even more.
I wonder how the Russian veterans manage?
My guess is, it has a lot to do with the culture you are returning to.
I was lucky when I returned to the earth to find employment where most of the males were WWII or Korean vets.
When I retired, there were only three of us in a large building.
When something less than good happened, we shared a famous line from old times; “What are they going to do? Send us to Viet Nam?”