Originally Posted by
Hilltopper89
Maybe it's just me but when I retired I refused to claim any disability at all. As a matter of fact I skipped those sessions in TAP. I think it's a total sham that so many are clawing to get it for the extra $$. Some things happen when you get old: hearing goes, vision goes, backs get bad. I refuse to blame the military for any of that just so I can get the bucks. I'll let people who really are disabled get their share.
Easy there, Hilltopper. Good for you, but it sounds like you're insulting a whole lot of people who honorably served their country. My dad dropped Agent Orange. I guess he should just now skip his VA appointments? I know a lot of people that tore up backs, necks, and shoulders by virtue of the jobs they did in the military. Tell someone with 1000 jumps to his credit that his knees and ankles probably would've sucked anyway. Or fighter pilot necks and backs, or even some pencil pusher with carpal tunnel syndrome. Bottom line is that many of these chronic injuries would not have happened but for their military service. I wouldn't be so quick to judge.