There’s a lot of bullshit going on with some vets collecting PTSD payments who were never in combat.
I know a few.
One example. You tell me: You served on a carrier in the Gulf War guarding Iraqi prisoners, and the VA gives you 100% disability payments for PTSD.
The answer is simple: the VA bureaucrats need to use their budget or lose it.
The scant money the VA has to help veterans must go to those veterans who deserve it.
There’s a whole bunch of cleaning-up that the VA needs to do.
Always some bad apples in the bunch and they should be weeded out but for so many honorable veterans to go down with them is disgraceful
It’s usual to hear the older (near retirement) guys having conversations like this:
“Yeah make sure to get the hearing disability,” “Don’t forget ... disability too”
McNuts proposal does not apply to VA. Only retired vets TRICARE HMO. As a disabled vet my healthcare is covered. My wife and dependent daughter will be the ones MCNuts plan will hurt. If this passes I will have two options. Either way I will remain in the military PPO but pay for HMO coverage for my wife. We checked today and that would be a Cheap route to use. We will use the Base Hospital for emergencies and medications. These services will still be free. Or I can stop working and go IU essentially 100% disabled and use VA and Base Hospital. Only pay HMO for wife a daughter. Sad it comes to this after 31 years of service.