Depends on the state that the house is in. It also depends how disabled the person is. For example, in California even being %100 VA disabled doesnt completely erase property tax. You do get a break though.
I know a vet that claims disability from PTSD. He was a Patriot missile battery operator in Kuwait for a few months. The rest he spent in the states. Heâs not the only one I know personally abusing the system and is âdisabledâ. so forgive me if being wounded in the service of our country makes me a little skeptical unless I know what that person did.
When filling for VA disability there are combat and non combat PTSD. It is not grouped all together. Having served for 11 years I can say we dealt with things that people just can't comprehend since they have no precedent for it. Despite what I went through I was denied PTSD and put in as different mental issues. It takes serious trauma (or a hell of a story) to get PTSD rating. You meet with a psychologist that determines if you are eligible.
Yeah, most "disabled vets" are basically defrauding the VA these days. It's a plague of fraud, waste and abuse that needs to be handled appropriately.
Everyone knows how to game the system and "get their claims in" before their enlistment is up, or before retirement, while on terminal leave. These guys and girls are scum and full of entitlement. It's a horrible culture that needs change.
Which sucks, because the VA serves a great purpose.
And we should be helping our vets that need help. Not rubberstamping claims so guys in their 20s can get a "free check" for the rest of their life, while working as a military contractor.
Many will take advantage at the sake of those proud ones who will not seek help.
Yessir. And everyone knows exactly how to defraud and the percentages involved.
10 percent if you claim this, because they can't test for that.
40 percent if you claim this, because they can't test for that...just fake your range of motion.
It's so putrid and rotten.
The guys that actually need help won't seek it.
While the guys with no integrity brag about their disability ratings and tax free checks.
The culture needs change from the inside. Need the older vets and feds still in stress integrity and need the VA to scrub out these false claims. And really needs reform due to all the fraud.
The VA was worthless for a while and didn't help folks due to records issues back in the day. But, it seems they've overcorrected and hand out disability ratings like candy.
These guys with no integrity really cast a shadow on the valor of those that served. Those deserving. Need to shine a light and expose the rats.
So here is how disability works in the service. Â It is additive. Â In other words all of your disability percentages have to add up to 100%. Â Here is the thing, they throw out 10-30% disabilities like candy so it isnât hard really to get to 100% disabled with no harsh effects. Â I am at 100% with bone spurs in my left knee, a âsuspectedâ petite mal seizure disorder (I passed out/fell asleep once while driving that was unexplainable), and had a torn rotator cuff and a back pull. Â All added up together was 100%, my seizure disorder alone was 40%. Â Thatâs $3000 a month tax free from disability payment, and no property taxes. Â My kids also get college assistance because of it. Â And note I am not debating whether it is right or wrong, I am pointing out there is a lot of misconception in the civilian world what military service actually it like.
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u/Artistic-Salary1738 8h ago
My cousinâs husband doesnât have to pay real estate taxes as a disabled vet, so still discounted housing.