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I'm more concerned with the folks not getting aid because they think the process is so dreadful. It's complicated and tedious, but doable, and the determinations are generally pretty strict. I got a high rating without combat experience, but I also can't lift anything heavy and expect to move the next day without cry-in-the-car back pain. Like, I moved a table the other day and couldn't stand up the next day. I also know people with exposure to toxic waste, with fucking tumors, who refuse to seek help because it would seem weak or the process is too daunting. It's not weak to need help and it's not justifiable the damage we're asked to do to ourselves.
However, I have also seen people get 100% rating and have no apparent difficulty functioning, but they had enough little things add up to maximize their rating. So probably part of it is the calculation, but impact to quality of life and function is difficult to quantify fairly.
That being said, a lot (I mean a LOT) of waste could be cut from the contract process. I've seen tens of millions go to waste simply because the government didn't agree to a contract that couldn't be provided by anyone else by the close out date, and during renegotiation the company doubled the price for work that was already done.
Man, if more people were to understand the MEB/VA disability rating system they would know better. Service in any branch is HARD work and they do not make it easy to understand or get through the ridiculous process that it is to even get on the disabled roster.
In the VA disability rating system 1+1=0.6. To the point, you are given a rating of a percentage of your ability to continue serving your contract. So if youre considered 50% disabled for your primary complaint, any other disability complaint is not added directly to that value. It is considered another percentage of the portion left after the previous complaint so; 50% + 50% = 75%
Getting 100% disabled from the VA is a huge pain in the ass, because if you know anything about percentages it would technically be impossible to attain 100%
Facts. Also a lot of people that exit the military do not understand how dreadfully fucked their body and mind is until about 55 when their shit falls apart and their non-military buddies are running marathons because they need a new challenge, but they’re struggling moving at all.
And to your point - the VA distance from 90% disabled to 100% disabled is another 90%. People that are getting 100% for multiple cumulative issues are truly jacked.