And it’s a mystery as to why military enrollment is so low…
That’s ridiculous. Guy gets separation pay in 1996. Goes on disability in 2012. Then in 2023 they’re like, yea, we need that money from 1996 back so you can get disability. Who the fucking hell would ever expect that? That’s on whoever approved it and they should eat the fucking loss.
It’d have been dumb if he was denied disability in 2012 too. Otherwise, who would ever take separation money if it meant they’d never be able to claim disability without paying it back.
There’s nothing more frustrating than a GS-12 whose just following rules.
On god
I don’t understand how the paperwork can both be so bad and so good. Maybe the department of war (oops, I mean defense) should oversee veterans affairs. But then again, maybe not.
I have no love for the military, but the people in charge will get up our asses about how we have to support our troops and then they’ll stab them in the back. That’s the country we live in.
“Support the troops” in this context is code for “Let us give unlimited tax money to weapons contractors”.
Disability rules are extremely obtuse and unclear to both social security workers and people who need the benefits. See also: this npr story about similar bs.. Fiscal conservatives seem to think that if they make these programs punitive and stressful enough then the people who rely on them will simply stop being disabled (or stop existing).
