Originally Posted by Profane Kahuna

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.