Comment by trogdor
21 hours ago
> male pattern baldness helped get someone a permanent 100% disability rating
I find that very hard to believe. Do you have evidence that this is true?
21 hours ago
> male pattern baldness helped get someone a permanent 100% disability rating
I find that very hard to believe. Do you have evidence that this is true?
As a veteran I haven't heard of that particular one, but I've heard of disability ratings given out for trivial enough things that I think it's plausible. I knew of one guy who got it for PTSD after being stationed in Okinawa doing an office job for 4 years. And I know another who has a rating for migraines, which he freely admits to not having and lying to the VA about.
I never applied for disability of any kind, but it would seem that the VA examiners question nothing and hand out ratings like candy. According to the migraine guy, it's one of those situations where they have to find things to spend their budget on or they lose it next year. I'm of the opinion that if they can afford to spend their budget supporting freeloaders and liars then perhaps it would be better used by some other office, but I digress.