I have a relative that is a veteran. When he got out of the military he was given a 100% disability rating. He has the body of a man(not so healthy) in his 80's, he's in his early 40's. ALL of his problems are military related, including traumatic brain injury (9 concussions, mostly from being a paratrooper and also one of them was being blown up and needing to learn to walk, talk, eat again), many major reconstructions on joints, ptsd etc. He copes with all of it really well and they(doctors) insist he take meds but he never complains and does not want to go through life in a fog of meds. Well, after 1 month of 100% disability they knocked it down to 20% saying he had to prove all his issues were military related(hello, it's in his medical files). So he starts working on it, slowly gets it to 30%, then they award another 40% but government math makes this equal 60%, not 70% like you would think
. So here's where it gets me....he just got an additional 70% rating. You knw what 60% + 70% equals in government math?? 90% . You know the $$ difference between 80% and 90% is about $2400/yr.....difference between 90% and 100% is just over $13000/yr. He still hasn't been evaluated for the traumatic brain injury because they want more proof it is military related?!?!? The poor guy has no short term memory and the neurologist says he suffers micro-seizures which pretty much gives him headaches daily. This is the thanks our veterans get....he didn't even get out because he wanted to, they made him because of his injuries, he was only a couple years shy of being able to retire medically..... so now he doen'st even make enough to cover his living expenses and can't get a job because of his injuries, he's a liability
. Yes, he knows there are other things to do about it and he's doing that but he's been at it for a year and a half, it's just discouraging...I feel so bad for them
