https://archive.ph/sRYGm

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783605&forum_id=2)#49328467)

In contrast, far fewer veterans receive compensation for certain combat-related injuries. About 10,900 service members who have suffered “severe” or “penetrating” brain injuries since 2000 are eligible for benefits. Fewer than 1,700 receive disability payments for losing limbs during the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

tons and TONS of waste and fraud here, i see it everyday guys walking out of $75k trucks with DV plates. but man it's hard imagine any politician going after this, especially a republican. i think most people think "fuck it, we give money to everyone else, let them have it"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783605&forum_id=2)#49328473)

“One veteran appealed VA’s denial of his claim for depression, arguing that his mood disorder had been triggered by several other disabilities, including cases of hemorrhoids, genital herpes and genital warts that he had contracted two decades earlier while on active duty.”

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783605&forum_id=2)#49328716)

Yesterday I was in the slow lane roundabout thing merging onto another freeway. This FAGGOT CUNT in a lifted truck decides to tailgate me, just being a total dick. So I eased my foot on the gas pedal and maintained the 60 MPH speed I had. I could tell this fag was getting MAF which was 180. So he switches lanes into the fast lane when there was clearance (the only other lane) so I gunned it and made sure he didn't cut me off, as he also tried to match my speed. He then tailgated me for another mile before he fucked off, it was 180.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783605&forum_id=2)#49328965)

i got food poisoning afterwards, which hindered my weight gain. i suspect it was bc i dropped a piece of Little Caesar's pizza on the sidewalk because i was going nuts on it. i just picked it up and ate it. i was in pain for days after

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783605&forum_id=2)#49328530)

I met a few Harvard College, Yale etc grads who enlisted as 18X's. I was dumbfounded as well. I always asked them why they didn't commission

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783605&forum_id=2)#49328671)

“A Post review of 70 fraud prosecutions since 2017 shows VA regularly falls victim to half-baked schemes. In three cases, men who never served a day in uniform fooled the department into thinking they were disabled war heroes; two of them also lied that they were held captive by the enemy, records show.”

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783605&forum_id=2)#49328697)

Zachary Barton, a former Army medic from Florida, conned the government into giving him $245,000 to which was not entitled between 2017 and 2021, court records show. When he went to VA appointments, he parked in a spot reserved for disabled people and hobbled inside with a cane. Smelly and unbathed, he wore a diaper and a T-shirt that read, “Not All Heroes Wear Capes.” 11

A relatively young man in his 30s, Barton claimed to suffer from a long list of ailments: urinary incontinence, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, erectile dysfunction, spinal degenerative disease and a neurological disorder that caused one side of his face to droop. He said he could barely lift 10 pounds.

When a VA staffer remarked that Barton actually looked pretty strong — in reality, he was a competitive bodybuilder on steroids with a scant 4 percent body fat — the Iraq War veteran replied that he had “good genetics.”

The scam worked until an anonymous whistleblower tipped off VA in 2019. Federal investigators searched online and found Barton bragging on Facebook and Instagram under the name “Zach Ryan” about being a weightlifting champion. Undercover agents placed him under surveillance and followed him to two gyms.

They observed him doing 650-pound leg presses, a dozen reps at a time

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783605&forum_id=2)#49328614)

edit: read the part about being jacked. revising to Joe Vaj.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783605&forum_id=2)#49329041)

this is one avenue of "graft" that i don't give a shit about. the lives of veterans often suck and if they get a pittance from the national budget for it this is about as acceptable of a use of state cash as there is

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783605&forum_id=2)#49328632)

Not making a moral judgement on that (model. it seems to work fine) but all sorts of avenues of state stimulus are built into the model that exists

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783605&forum_id=2)#49328686)

But this is surely all people from “logistics” backgrounds that got an owie-wowie steam burn while boiling a bag of stew in their role as a Greenzone cafeteria worker from 2009-2012

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783605&forum_id=2)#49328801)

The biggest came in 2022, when Congress passed legislation known as the Pact Act, which made it simpler for generations of veterans to assert that their ailments were caused by exposure to airborne toxic substances and other environmental hazards while serving in war zones.

The Pact Act has helped many veterans receive compensation for cancer and other serious illnesses diagnosed years or even decades after they left the military, by presuming the conditions are connected to their service. But the law also has led to the approval of a skyrocketing number of claims for treatable respiratory and digestive conditions.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783605&forum_id=2)#49330412)

"During the Biden administration, VA went to new lengths to make it as easy as possible for veterans to obtain disability compensation and other benefits."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783605&forum_id=2)#49330418)

I don’t think I deserve what I’m getting if we’re being honest. But, because of the VA, I’ll be retiring about 10 years early. I don’t have to worry about healthcare, college for my kids, my student loans, and tax planning for my 401K will be a lot easier with 50K of untaxable income each year.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783605&forum_id=2)#49333263)

maybe something changed at some point but I know people w no business getting 50% or even more for stuff like snoring, back pain or "PTSD" from entering stuff in a supply database for 4 years

most of them claimed this stuff long after getting out, the PTSD guy is the exception he was wise to the game and started claiming he was having nightmares and sleep issues in his last year

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783605&forum_id=2)#49333348)

#MAGA

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783605&forum_id=2)#49333352)

https://news.va.gov/press-room/va-processes-more-claims-in-a-single-year-than-ever-before/

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783605&forum_id=2)#49334385)

As of 2025, the base monthly DIC rate for a surviving spouse is around $1,612, with potential add-ons (e.g., if there are dependent children, or if the veteran was rated 100% for a long time).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783605&forum_id=2)#49335252)