Meanwhile, a 59-year-old who retired in 2004 after 26 years, who lost his feet, is blind in one eye and has renal problems, collected $152,719 in 2013 — more than twice the $72,824 salary of someone at his final military pay grade. Most of his benefits — $85,958 — came from VA disability, while $46,396 was military retirement, and $20,365 was from Social Security. Does anyone really think this is triple dipping? This veteran in his fifties is a half blinded, double amputee. If his employment at a private firm led to these kind of disabilities, he would have been able to sue for millions of dollars.
Posted on: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 13:05:12 +0000