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| Topic | Politics Containment Topic 235: Autopsy-Turvy |
| SgtSphynx 08/21/19 6:57:16 PM #308: | I am a disabled veteran. Not every disabled veteran, and there are a fuckton of us, is "100%" disabled. I am only 20% disabled. Here are some facts regarding service disability. A service connected disability is a disability that can be connected to an event that occurred during a veteran's time in service. Disabilities can be any number of things; hearing loss, gunshot wound, broken bone, mental health issues, concussions, etc. The most common disability, by far, is PTSD. Somewhere behind that, but still very common for Marines, is Degenerative Disk Disease. The percentage is cumulative. Meaning if a veteran has multiple items that each have a percentage associated with them, the percentages add. Most veterans with 100% don't only have one item that is getting them that percentage. Personally, I have two that add up to 20% and those items don't really affect my day to day life outside of occasionally my back giving me problems, but I do get "free" healthcare for life because of it. Having a 100% service connected disability does not necessarily mean the veteran is in a wheelchair or missing a limb. My cousin, has sever PTSD as well as suffered a concussion while he was deployed to Afghanistan and had to be medically retired from his commission as an officer is the US Army. He has 100% service connected disability but if you were to look at him, you wouldn't think anything was wrong. --- Congrats to the BYIG Guru Winner, Advokaiser *slurps yakisoba* *nods* *nods* ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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