VA Rating System. It’s changed over the years. But it also depends on how/what you claim. I feel for your father. It makes me sad and angry as Veteran myself.
I talk to a lot of older generation vets and what I have summarized is this: 1) They don’t claim. 2) They don’t know how to make a claim or that they even could, 3) They don’t fight the process to get what by law they are entitled to. 4) They have ZERO record of ailments being associated with Military Service. 5) Arrogance/ Hard headedness.
Long story short; much like our country and its government, the VA has changed over time. The old timers paved the way for the more younger generation of Veterans to receive the care and benefits they did not necessarily receive. I thank and respect them for that each and every day.
Either way VA is still shit. But it’s a bit better type of shit than back in the day. The Medical Community as a whole has also come a long way in its understanding of mental trauma as well (PTSD), and lots of other ailments and injuries and how they affect daily life; and VA ratings reflect this.
Keep in mind even today you can be an amputee and only get max 40% for that amputation; it’s all the secondary claims due to that amputation that will put you at a 100. Kinda fucked up if you ask me.
Everyone in the military was exposed to small arms fire at one point. Tinnitus gets you 10%. Every veteran reading this needs to understand that! Get what you are Legally Entitled to Vets!
VA Rating System. It’s changed over the years. But it also depends on how/what you claim. I feel for your father. It makes me sad and angry as Veteran myself.
I talk to a lot of older generation vets and what I have summarized is this: 1) They don’t claim. 2) They don’t know how to make a claim or that they even could, 3) They don’t fight the process to get what by law they are entitled to. 4) They have ZERO record of ailments being associated with Military Service. 5) Arrogance/ Hard headedness.
Long story short; much like our country and its government, the VA has changed over time. The old timers paved the way for the more younger generation of Veterans to receive the care and benefits they did not necessarily receive. I thank and respect them for that each and every day.
Either way VA is still shit. But it’s a bit better type of shit than back in the day. The Medical Community as a whole has also come a long way in its understanding of mental trauma as well (PTSD), and lots of other ailments and injuries and how they affect daily life; and VA ratings reflect this.
Keep in mind even today you can be an amputee and only get max 40% for that amputation; it’s all the secondary claims due to that amputation that will put you at a 100. Kinda fucked up if you ask me.
Everyone in the military was exposed to small arms fire at one point. Tinnitus gets you 10%. Every veteran reading this needs to understand that! Get what you are Legally Entitled to Vets!