There’s a lot riding on it. 75% gets you a $250,000 exemption on property taxes here in Illinois (1st/2nd highest in the nation depending on your source). So we’re talking not only VA benefits, but a Midwest home can become almost property tax free as well. Save you about $430 a month.
Worth-Jicama3936 on
Ya this is a pretty open secret. I’ve got vet buddies and they all talk about how you’re stupid not to game the system. There are certainly people out there who deserve every penny we can give them for what they did for us, but it’s far too easy to get 100% for injuries a normal construction worker would get and still work a full time job.
YimbyStillHere on
I know dudes whose whole last year of service was just constant doc appointments to set themselves up
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This is the price you pay to make sure that veterans who rightfully earn benefits don’t get denied.
People getting benefits that aren’t totally warranted are honestly fine with me if it means the seriously disabled vets aren’t getting sent home and being denied.
PawanYr on
As an outside observer, putting aside all of the arguments over ‘gaming the system’ or whatever, stuff like this seems ridiculous no matter how you look at it
>VA typically pays veterans diagnosed with sleep apnea, a common breathing disorder, more than a combat vet with a leg amputated below the knee.
>Sleep apnea is now one of VA’s most frequently claimed disabilities. Last year, 659,335 vets received compensation for it. That’s about 11 times the number who did in 2009, VA figures show.
>Yet VA, clinging to decades-old rules, considers most veterans who are prescribed a sleep apnea mask to be 50 percent disabled. That rate entitles them to $1,102 per month in tax-free payments, more if they have dependents.
>In comparison, VA generally considers combat veterans who had their legs amputated below the knee to be 40 percent disabled. At that rate, they receive $774 per month, more with dependents.
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There’s a lot riding on it. 75% gets you a $250,000 exemption on property taxes here in Illinois (1st/2nd highest in the nation depending on your source). So we’re talking not only VA benefits, but a Midwest home can become almost property tax free as well. Save you about $430 a month.
Ya this is a pretty open secret. I’ve got vet buddies and they all talk about how you’re stupid not to game the system. There are certainly people out there who deserve every penny we can give them for what they did for us, but it’s far too easy to get 100% for injuries a normal construction worker would get and still work a full time job.
I know dudes whose whole last year of service was just constant doc appointments to set themselves up
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This is the price you pay to make sure that veterans who rightfully earn benefits don’t get denied.
People getting benefits that aren’t totally warranted are honestly fine with me if it means the seriously disabled vets aren’t getting sent home and being denied.
As an outside observer, putting aside all of the arguments over ‘gaming the system’ or whatever, stuff like this seems ridiculous no matter how you look at it
>VA typically pays veterans diagnosed with sleep apnea, a common breathing disorder, more than a combat vet with a leg amputated below the knee.
>Sleep apnea is now one of VA’s most frequently claimed disabilities. Last year, 659,335 vets received compensation for it. That’s about 11 times the number who did in 2009, VA figures show.
>Yet VA, clinging to decades-old rules, considers most veterans who are prescribed a sleep apnea mask to be 50 percent disabled. That rate entitles them to $1,102 per month in tax-free payments, more if they have dependents.
>In comparison, VA generally considers combat veterans who had their legs amputated below the knee to be 40 percent disabled. At that rate, they receive $774 per month, more with dependents.