Originally Posted by
JohnBurke
That's not at all the same as what we're discussing, and for the person who is 90% disabled, but has no problem holding a free and clear medical and operating as if no disability exists, I ask, "which is it?"
Shall we have the cake and eat it too, or there a line in the sand there, somewhere?
You appear to be confused as to the VA disability rating system. Probably because it is confusing to say the least.
A veteran whose wounds and injuries receive a 100% disability rating is not required to be a paraplegic and sit at home in their wheelchair collecting disability checks. That is a separate category called 100% Individual Unemployability (IU).
So back to your complaint, a person can leave the military and hold a job AND still receive compensation from the VA.
Their percentage is just a cumulative representation of all the wounds and injuries they received. For those with higher numbers it is usually a lot of little things that add up to the high number.