Injuries
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Posted on Dec 27, 2017
Should Veterans feel bad about being awarded and receiving VA disability compensation for non-combat related injuries?
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No way should anyone feel badly about getting disability. First the award is for service related, not combat related, injuries and second the percent of service members who have actually served in combat is relatively small when compared to the overall total of service members served by the VA. I could certainly go along with some percentage increase in compensation if injury is combat related, but if someone receives injuries that qualify him/her for disability while serving our country they deserve every bit of it and should never feel ashamed because of it.
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A1C Medrick "Rick" DeVaney
I've Had A Long Series Of Issues With Our VA ~~ Here's One I've Been Working On For THREE Fa-King YEARS... I Have COPD~ Diabetes ~ ~ And Nephropathy To Both Feet, Which Makes Walking Painful...(Plus Other Health Issues) I Don't Go ANYWHERE, Other Than Doctors Appointments, As I'd Have To Take Oxygen Tanks With Me - Max 2 Hrs Each ~ I AM Entitled To A Portable Oxygen Machine ~~ I've Qualified For It 3 Times & Have Had A Prescription Written... Everything Was All Set Until I Had To Call My Primary For Approval ~~ I Left Messages SIX Times Without A Return Call ~~ The 7th Time I Left A Message And Went Off On Him For Not Returning My Calls. ~~ NOW It's 3 YEARS Later & I Still Have No Portable Oxygen Machine ~~ ONE Main Reason: I Pissed Off My Primary And As He Put It ~ Excuse~ #1..I Don't Have The Time To Make The Call ~ #2.. It's Inconvenient For Me ~~ (Here's My Favorite) #3..If I Do It For You, I'll Have To Do It For Everyone ~~ (Uh~ Isn't That His Fa-King Job?)...I've Been Going Through Hoops Even To The: "United-States Inspector Generals Office" ~~ Results ? ZERO ~~ The Buck Is Still Being Passed Around!v~ I've Finally Contacted An Attorney, I've Had My Fill Of The VA's Bull Sh*t ! ~ I Get No Help From Them What-So-Ever~ Other Issues As Well ~ They Almost Killed Me ~ ER Surgery & 3-4 Days Short Of A MONTH Of Hospitalization. ETC ~ Yes ETC.
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A1C Medrick "Rick" DeVaney
SSG Carlos Madden -
I've Contacted The Following & Probably Forgotten Others:
VA ~ VA Washington Hot Line ~ DAV ~ Senator Cortez-Masto~
Senator Jacky Rosen ~ United States Inspector Generals Office ~
~ Veterans Aid ~~ Etc ~~ And Without A Rating, I Can't Even Get Any Help
I've Contacted The Following & Probably Forgotten Others:
VA ~ VA Washington Hot Line ~ DAV ~ Senator Cortez-Masto~
Senator Jacky Rosen ~ United States Inspector Generals Office ~
~ Veterans Aid ~~ Etc ~~ And Without A Rating, I Can't Even Get Any Help
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TSgt James Sutton
PO2 Stephen Cline - agreed...took me years to get endoscopy/colonoscopies done and had to make complaints thru my Congressman to put some fire under them to get em done. Found out quite a bit about health issues I had and what was causing them, might not be here today without the healthcare I needed that was originally refused.
Today, I go into the Joliet Clinic in Illinois to get a letter signed for medical clearance for a visa in another country. They wouldn't do it, tried telling me I needed to come back in a week. So I go to the nearby urgent care (which accepts VA payments) and they took care of me in under an hour.
Imagine that, one agency without a reason to help refuses to merely sign a letter stating my current health conditions, while a profit driven clinic just outside the VA clinic does it in under an hour...kinda shows you where the problems are. Those in the VA are too comfy believing they won't lose their jobs if they treat veterans wrong, they have no profit motive....and even less worry about getting in trouble if they don't do their jobs.
Today, I go into the Joliet Clinic in Illinois to get a letter signed for medical clearance for a visa in another country. They wouldn't do it, tried telling me I needed to come back in a week. So I go to the nearby urgent care (which accepts VA payments) and they took care of me in under an hour.
Imagine that, one agency without a reason to help refuses to merely sign a letter stating my current health conditions, while a profit driven clinic just outside the VA clinic does it in under an hour...kinda shows you where the problems are. Those in the VA are too comfy believing they won't lose their jobs if they treat veterans wrong, they have no profit motive....and even less worry about getting in trouble if they don't do their jobs.
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I have noted an increasing amount of these kinds of questions since 9/11. Prior to that, at least in my time as an adult, there was no concern as long as the injury fit the definition of "Service-Connected." But since the War on Terror began, we have a whole generation of young servicemembers who don't remember the "Peacetime" Military. Many veterans who currently claim compensation are from that time of service known as The Cold War and have injuries accrued due to their service. Even the safest professions in the military carry a level of danger above that of a civilian career. People get hurt in "safe" environments. It only stands to reason that when you add guns, explosives and other military training to this that more (and more substantial) injuries will occur. Since the military does not have Workers Compensation, the VA's compensation is what's left. That's kinda what it's there for.
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Sgt Cullen Smith
CPT Diana Davis - True. I was stationed in Turkey during Able Archer and we come very close to being nuked. On another note, sometimes our NATO Allies can be scary, in regards to Turkey. Every time they got into an argument with Greece they would roll tanks into our compound and aim their barrels at our buildings. Not a fun experience.
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SPC Rick Beatty
CPT Diana Davis - They were we had a mig fly over our class A nato site 3 times before the german air force chased him away, this was in the 1980's
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A1C Medrick "Rick" DeVaney
CPT Diana Davis -
USAF 06/29/1961 (my 17th Birthday ~ 06/10/65 ~ DD214'ed Out Of Osan AFB S. Korea.
During Those 4 Years We Had: ~ The Cold War With Russia ~ Vietnam In Full Gear ~ Cuban Crisis ~ And The Assassination Of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy ~~ And I Clearly Recall Our Loading Nukes On A 24 Hour Basis, 12 Hour Shifts, No Days Off.
USAF 06/29/1961 (my 17th Birthday ~ 06/10/65 ~ DD214'ed Out Of Osan AFB S. Korea.
During Those 4 Years We Had: ~ The Cold War With Russia ~ Vietnam In Full Gear ~ Cuban Crisis ~ And The Assassination Of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy ~~ And I Clearly Recall Our Loading Nukes On A 24 Hour Basis, 12 Hour Shifts, No Days Off.
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Not at all. If the injury is service-connected, it's a legitimate disability.
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SPC Michael Tierney
SGT Kerry Sommers - I recently visited the VA clinic in Marina, CA (near Pebble Beach) it was excellent. I saw audiology and got my flu shot. Will go to Mpls VA when I return to MN for my Covid booster. I guess I have been lucky that these facilities are so good.
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A1C Joel Jakubowski
I agree---though I struggle with the standards for determining the percentage of Service-Related Disability being awarded---and the significant divide of advantages once qualifying for 30%+ [and further exacerbated by the fact that ALL vets do not qualify for dental services --astounding!] Any thoughts on this?....
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SPC Matt Ovaska
A1C Joel Jakubowski - I heard that the VA is funding health care with dental for illegal aliens.
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LTC Kevin B.
SPC Matt Ovaska - If you dig even slightly, you will see that doesn't appear to be true at all. From what I've read, the VA is simply processing claims paperwork for IHS. This doesn't involve any provision of care by the VA.
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