What’s not so? I’ve talked with the doctors who examined Vietnam vets returing from Vietnam who the V.A. declared as having pre-existing conditions and those vets were refused treatment and compensation.
Those decisions were made by administrators in spite of the doctors findings.
It is not so now. The policy has obviously changed. I know of several vets who received VA compensation settlements >30% (Special Disabled) for pre-existing conditions which were deemed to have been made worse by military service.
I met a retiring First Sergeant a few years ago who even though he had no disabling injuries and was not medically boarded by the Army was still planning to file a claim with the VA for 'the stuff that got worse' during his service. It was part of his retirement planning. I know of another Army vet who was medically seperatated for a pre-existing knee condition. He eventually received a 100% VA disability for his pre-existing condition. In fact under the photo on the VA ID card it lists if the injury is Service Connected or not.