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Originally Posted by kgoerz
Maybe if the disability system wasn't so abused with fake claims half the budget wouldn't go towards paying benefits. Seems like every person I meet who spent less the 5 years in has 80% disability.
Guy I know who just got out. Just received 90%. He is only 27. So for the rest of his life he will collect this. Even thou there is nothing wrong with him.
Military disability is the biggest scam going and we all know it. I only get 40% and that 40% is then subtracted from my pension. But that's because I only claimed what was really wrong with me. People claiming sleep apnea, get the f$#@ck out of here. The abuse of the military disability is right up there with people having more kids to increase their welfare.
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I have been thinking the same thing for a loooong time - glad you said it.
I had guys urging me to apply for disability then and even as recently as a few years ago. One even sent me step by step instructions along with a copy of letter he had used to validate his claim - WTF?
The argument was always something like -"why not, the system is there, take full advantage." The problem is that I am fine (well, maybe with one or two exceptions depending upon who you talk to
).
There are real 2nd and 3rd order effects. Making a claim is just one more case and if everyone did this the system would become clogged with frivolous claims and Vets that really need assistance would be waiting in line or even denied, not to mention the astronomical long-term costs that will not go away.
Just because you can doesn't mean you should.
I figured it this way, I knew the risks going in, I accepted the risks, and I will deal with the outcomes appropriately. If I had to do it over again, I would not do anything differently. I would rather put a gun to my head than take a much needed benefit away from one of my Brothers that was in
real need.
The abuse of the disability benefits system just pisses me off.
[Rant off]