Military Disability fraud is rampant. You can claim erectile dysfunction and get a check, as it’s a recognized disability. I’m sorry, but unless you served in combat, you shouldn’t get disability.

A lot of soldiers are permanently injured in training, especially if they jump out of planes. Would you rather they claim worker’s comp? 100% military disability pays $3938 a month. Workers comp pays $6756 in California.

Is that anxiety or depression? My point is disability within the military needs to be very specific disability and injuries to qualify for it. Same with workers comp.

No, it’s a broken back, an ankle replacement, a torn labrum and rotator cuff.

I guess I should have said specific disability and injuries is what should qualify for disability. Anxiety should only be quantified if it’s in combat, which this mad is claiming.

Disagree, they can get severely disabled in training.

I guess I should have said specific disability and injuries is what should qualify for disability. Anxiety should only be quantified if it’s in combat, which this mad is claiming.

Let’s fix Somali fraud first

It’s not one of the other for me. It’s all fraud.

By no means am I saying one or the other. I just thing we need to systematically go about it. Focus on one, eliminate said fraud, rinse repeat

People die in training frequently Maybe stick to what you know

Also important to note here, By your standards, the CW5 who was shot to shit in Venezuela and just received a Medal of Honor wouldn’t qualify for benefits from those injuries he received on that mission because “America is not at war” and “Venezuela isn’t a combat zone”. By your standards, millions of veterans like me who served in uniform for years but never ended up in a combat zone don’t deserve shit because our bodies were broken by everything other than being riddled with bullets and shrapnel or coming back from another country in a coffin and draped in an American flag bag. Because that’s how designations work that you’re calling to change in the VA and by the government when it comes to deciding who is and who is not a combat veteran. Which is exactly why you and every other civilian who has no god damn clue about what it even means to serve need to just do a full stop talking about veterans affairs if you’re going to try and put your hands and thoughts into our lives where you get to decide our value and what we’re worth based on what you think is fair when you don’t know a god damn thing about what is fair or valuable as it relates to even putting on a uniform. The way people like you are speaking on these issues that you know nothing about right now is nothing more than you advocating for more pain, suffering, and endless problems in the lives of service members, veterans, and our families while you pretend like you’re only doing what you’re doing because “you love and support the troops so much” Military doesn’t pay disability the way government does to civilians. The government compensates veterans for destroying our bodies for life at very young ages that we cannot ever fully recover from, but rather try and manage while slowing down because the vast majority of 30 year old veterans have the back and spine of 50 year old men who worked hard labor jobs their entire lives. It’s more of a “you break if you buy it” system because of how intense and physically and mentally demanding even being in the military even is every single day of the week. I served 11 years and the majority of my time in uniform was with infantry, combat arms, and an airborne unit. I never deployed to a combat zone but there’s so much more when it comes to non combat deployments, rotations, and endless missions where service members are sent away from their homes that isn’t in a declared war zone. I have degenerative arthritis, degenerative disc diseases, herniated discs, and pinched nerves from my neck down to my tailbone. One of my legs is 2 1/2 inches longer than the other because my hips are so misaligned and misplaced. If I lay down for more than an hour, both of my feet lock up and I cannot walk normally without waddling around on my heels until I can bend and flex my foot. All of these issues before I even turned 30, and my story and my problems and health issues are not even unique or special—they’re common and normal for most veterans regardless of whether or not they deployed to a combat zone or not during their time in uniform. Nobody in a uniform can escape all of the physical requirements and demands, along with the tolls and consequences that come at the expense of our bodies, of it means to wear a uniform and train and prepare for war every day of the week when you’re not actually in war. You do not know a damn thing about anything you’re even talking about and should either retract your statement and acknowledge you are wrong and don’t know what you’re talking about because you spoke on something that you know nothing about or just shut the fuck up forever about anything related to veterans and never speak on us or even say the term “veterans” ever again.

If it was this easy to get everyone would join the military. How many years did you serve?

@ugapoultrydawg I’d much rather my tax dollars go to helping anyone that served in our military over 95% of the other shit

How about Congress first reigns in their nonsense because that slice is bigger

It’s not one or the other with me. I want all fraud dealt with.

Not that simple. 1. Have to prove that you have ED, with many medical appointments. 2. If claiming that it is due to psychological reasoning, then you have to meet with mental health experts and convince them that the ED is due to ONLY your time in the military. 3. Have to prove that it happened due to your time in the military. 4. If any of them doubt it... "Condition not service-connected" denied.

Sad. Did 23yrs as a reservist and been denied many times.

Seems like their is lawyers helping facilitate this

If he went to a military clinic while on active duty, then it’s easier to have your claim approved as a reservist. My experience, I used my doctors and seen specialist and despite their advocacy for me, I couldn’t even get approved for my plantar fasciitis and low back pain.

There are people who go in and understand how to work the system. This could be one of them.

Stop calling it “disability.” It’s workman’s comp. One of the reasons ED gets flagged is because it is linked to breathing in burn pit chemicals. The word disability makes it seam like it is not, when the only people truly disabled are those with a 100% rating.

How long did you serve? Try a flight deck for 6-9 months. I've been fighting the VA for FIVE years in hopes to get a set of hearing aids.

No disability for soldiers who handled radioactive materials but never deployed? Or suffered a broken back on a jump, but never deployed? Or suffered PTSD from treating the worst combat injuries while stationed in Germany. It's a serious issue but that's an unreasonable solution.

Went to JRTC once with the 82d. A paratrooper’s static line failed to deploy his chute and he spent 45 minutes on the side of a C-130 in flight. Heard he broke his pelvis, legs and arms. No idea if the guy ever deployed but if you don’t think he should get disability you’re stupid

I am ok with a discussion on military disability for fraud reduction, however there are lots, if not the majority of the injuries in the military come from normal training and day to day work. I have seen many 30-35 year old soldiers E7-E9, who can barely walk due to bad knees or bad backs. This is especially true for paratroopers who literally jump out of an airplane for their MOS. In 2015 Army Basic Combat training I met a young soldier who broke their back falling off the repel wall and they had to do almost 1-year of surgery and physical therapy just to walk again. Civilians do not understand that the military literally owns you and regardless if a mission is combat related or not the things they ask us to do is inherently dangerous and many service members are significantly hurt everyday.

He has erectile dysfunction because he's overweight and eats too much junk food. Has nothing to do with anything else.

Some of you have so little information on veterans and veteran disability claims and still think you do I wonder how you function daily. You dont walk in and just say "I have this" and they give you things. Literally every vet struggles to get disability claims the ydeserve approved. Its a known issues how hard it is. Karen esc people like this need to shut up and go clickbait other things.

I'm sorry lady but you should sit this out. I've seen people hurt extremely bad on training jumps. I've seen mistakes by others cost limbs or worse. You train how you fight and for some units that close movement with live ammo and maybe even mortars or artillery.

It isn’t combat related disability. It is a service related disability.

DOGE is the biggest failure in American history

It's disgusting. Unfortunately, our armed forces have become a big social welfare program. Lots of great people doing service but so much corruption and waste.

Really bitch? I’m 52. Non combat vet but I got badly hurt in service to my country. Every goddamned step I’ve taken since 1997 has been painful. I was on a cane at 38. It’s less painful now that I’ve had SEVEN FUCKING LEG SURGERIES. I get $2,300 a month. And I’d gladly trade with you. Fucking cunt.

That is not true at all. You have no idea what you are talking about.

I agree. I know people who pulled muscles or broke toes, who have no combat experience, that get a higher VA rating than people who received actual injuries, in actual combat. The process is broken. I know a girl who retired after 19 months in the Army, gets 100% disability for asthma that she failed to mention to the MEPS guys when she came in…

“Disability” is compensation for wear and tear on the body incurred during service. It’s not exclusive to combat. Fraud of course needs to be address, but There are plenty others with moderate to significant injuries and diseases accrued during service.

Did you serve in combat? Millions of GWOT Veterans did. I don’t care if every last one of them get some type of rating. I care even more that they get ratings and health care they deserve so my brothers and sisters don’t kill themselves by the count of 22 a day.

Really?? Interesting. I served 20 years in the Marines. Sacrificed my life for the corps. And my body is forever broken from all the training. I agree 100% disability should be reserved for combat injuries - cuz no non-combat person should have the same rating as someone missing limbs. And yes there’s fraud and BS claims. But anyone who sacrificed their body for the military should be compensated. They volunteered to do something <90% of the population wouldn’t do.

When I left the USAF after 10 years, they looked at me like I was a space alien when I told them I had no medical issues. They probed, prodded, and all but begged me to claim some partial disability. I refused. It was then that I realized the disability game is rigged.

Your last sentence is ignorant. You obviously have no idea what service members go through, phicslly and mentally, regardless of combat or not.

I fell 30 feet in basic training and messed up my back. I had a military doctor botch a surgery that ultimately took away my ability to become a pilot. No combat. What would you say I should do?

You have no idea what you’re talking about. It’s not fraud or rampant. You need a diagnosis from a doctor. What branch did you serve in?

People who didn’t serve should just STFU about military disabilities.

A friend enlisted maybe a year ago, he said a "majority" of people spend their entire time trying to get in disability so they can get paid for life without having to go to combat

says Angie the wine mom who never served.