This Is Supposed To Be A Surprise?

After being at war in Iraq for five years and almost seven years after 9/11, we're now seeing an increase in wounded veterans.

Because we're supposed to fight wars without letting soldiers get hurt I guess.  As a disabled veteran (non-combat related), it's blindingly obvious to me that soldiers are going to get injured, especially when we're at war.  The more injured you have, the more it costs to take care of them.  Most of us accept that as the cost of preventing civilian casualties here at home, that's why we were in the military in the first place.

Worse wounds. More disabilities. More vets aware of the benefits and quicker to file for them.

Also, ironically, advanced medical care. Troops come home with devastating injuries that might well have killed them in earlier wars.

I'm sure they're not suggesting less protection for our troops, or keeping them ignorant of how to get help, so what's the point here?  Oh, if we're not at war, we won't have to spend money taking care of wounded soldiers.  Most of us have already accepted the costs associated with protecting our citizens, despite what we keep getting fed from the MSM.  The fact that there hasn't been a major terrorist attack carried out since 9/11 shows that it's working.


Good for those VA officials!  The MSM has always taken direct interviews and distorted the content to fit their agenda.  I wouldn't talk to them for any reason, beyond a very satisfying "FYNQ".  If it's in writing, it's much harder to spin.  They have to go to "outside experts" to find things they can twist... which they did.

Outside experts provided more insight.

The American Legion's Smithson says the Iraq and Afghanistan wars are resulting in more severe injuries — amputations and traumatic burns — the kind of injuries that troops in Vietnam and earlier wars would not have survived.

Smithson says today's veterans also are filing claims for more disabilities.

"People are more aware of the benefits they are able to file for (because of) better outreach," Smithson said. "It's not like the WWII generation and Korean war generation where they weren't aware of what they could file for, and they were also reluctant to file if they didn't think they needed it."

Have to support the larger truth that if there was no war going on, it wouldn't cost so much.  That all being said, the VA system is hopelessly complicated.


What they don't tell you is all the rule and regulations of how these are applied.  My ratings add up to 110% (or 120% if you go by some other paperwork they sent), with a total overall rating of 70%, until I request a review, when it will probably go up to 100%.  All the paperwork involved is... daunting, and appears mostly to exist solely for the purpose of employing as many people as possible to keep the process complicated.  If you had the IRS running healthcare, they would call it the VA.  For anyone who supports a national healthcare system... this is what you want to create.

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