EXPOSING the Hidden Injustice: Government Clawing Back Billions from Disabled Veterans

The United States government has a long history of providing support and benefits to disabled veterans who have sacrificed their well-being for the country. However, there is a hidden injustice that many are not aware of - the government's practice of clawing back billions of dollars in disability benefits from disabled veterans.
This issue has been gaining more attention in recent years, as more and more veterans come forward with their experiences. In this article, we will delve deeper into what exactly is meant by "clawing back" benefits, how it affects disabled veterans, and what steps can be taken to address this issue.
What is Clawing Back?
Clawing back refers to the process by which the government takes back disability benefits from disabled veterans. This can happen in a number of ways, including reducing or completely cutting off benefits, requiring repayment of past benefits, and withholding future benefits.
The most common reason for clawing back benefits is when a veteran's disability status changes. For example, if a veteran's condition improves or they are able to find employment, their disability rating may be lowered or revoked altogether. This leads to a reduction or termination of their disability benefits.
Another reason for clawing back benefits is when the government discovers that a veteran was overpaid in the past due to errors in processing claims or changes in their circumstances. In these cases, the government will require repayment of the overpaid amount, often leaving the veteran in a difficult financial situation.
Impact on Disabled Veterans
The clawing back of disability benefits can have a significant impact on disabled veterans and their families. For many, these benefits are their main source of income and losing them can cause financial strain and hardship. It can also lead to difficulty in accessing necessary medical care and other support services that were previously covered by the benefits.
Furthermore, the process of clawing back benefits can be lengthy and complex, causing additional stress and frustration for already vulnerable individuals. This can also have a negative effect on their mental health, which is often linked to their service-related disabilities.
Proposed Solutions
In recent years, there have been efforts to address the issue of clawing back benefits from disabled veterans. One proposed solution is the Disabled Veterans Tax Termination Act, which aims to end the practice of offsetting military retirement pay with VA disability compensation.
There have also been calls for more transparency and accountability in the disability claims process, as well as improvements in communication between government agencies and veterans. Additionally, providing better support and resources for disabled veterans who are transitioning into civilian life can help prevent them from falling into financial hardship and potentially losing their benefits.
Conclusion
The practice of clawing back benefits from disabled veterans is a hidden injustice that needs to be addressed. It not only affects individual veterans but also undermines the trust between the government

[@Keyprinciples9]

This constant inturupting the guy who is saying something just makes videos hard to watch.

[@CombatCraig]

Yup Im working on it. I really have a problem just shutting the fuck up all the time!

[@tonynunez6539]

You should write your elected officials every time the VA gives you a hard time. Make it your mission to hold them accountable. Write the ACLU and the media. They need to change.

[@casuallevelexpert3112]

Yes please!! Definitely more of these videos. thank you both so much!

[@CombatCraig]

You got it!

[@B-ham]

Let the guest talk and stop cutting him off 🤦🏾

[@kurtrussell5228]

He was drunk

[@CombatCraig]

True but I need to let him speak. If only I could get him to talk faster!

[@comodice905]

A winner of the Medal of Honor, Admiral Stockdale was shot down over North Vietnam on Sept. 9, 1965. He spent seven and a half years as a prisoner, four of them in solitary confinement. While a prisoner, he organized a culture of defiance among his fellow captives, including another naval aviator, John McCain, who went on to become a senator from Arizona and a presidential candidate.

[@glenndavis2096]

McCain was a traitor. FACT

[@shamusosullivan5650]

2 military psychiatrists, and a VA psychiatrist said I had ptsd when I came back in 05. C&P rated me adjustment disorder and I was in rating hell for 12 years.

[@dlawso23]

I've had to repeat C&P exams for allergic rhinitis-sinusitis, and ibs (TERA, Presumptive/Pact Act) in Memphis. The doctors don't know what they are doing. The Regional Office in Nashville has to reschedule and switch vendors, until someone did it right. The Chicago Regional Office, low balled me on my gerd rating and PTSD effective dates. I had to go to BVA, still waiting to be picked up, two years so far.

[@jeanmiller3929]

When I was going to C&P exams the va would only send some of my med records , so my wife downloaded all of my med records onto an I-pad , brought it in with us, it saved my ass every time ,

[@justgoatingaround4445]

Got a letter saying my lung cancer is in remission, took the 400 month SMC-S away. This after going to VA contractor and blowing into a tube. My oncologist can't believe this is how it works

[@whiskey_tango_foxtrot__]

I always imagined more hair under that hat...

[@CombatCraig]

Nope Im bald as a babies bottom:)

[@robertlee810]

Yes, I got out at that time with bunch of us E-5, E-6. When I filed for disability later in 2014, had to pay back the bonus for disability pay.

[@brockjonson]

Hey Craig, good evening, I am currently on retirement leave and recovering from a C4-C7 neck fusion trying to get my BDD claim changed back because the VBD rep didn't submit the health assessment part a with the claim ..now it's processing the day after I retire....have all email traffic reg guidance sent to the VBD director and still no help...single father full custody 24 years active infantry soldier multiple OEF/OIF tours

[@LightWarriors4Life]

Another great and informative show, Craig 💪🏼👏🏼 #veteranshelpingveterans 🇺🇸🙏🏼

[@ExtremeRecluse]

It's all about medical evidence and its interpretation by a high school graduate rater. Sounds like A Perfect Storm.

[@ExtremeRecluse]

There are congressmen trying to reverse the recoupment law.

[@jcjcviews]

It is imperative to establish community organizing on a minimum level given the veteran's disability and poverty in many cases. The simple idea is to vote against any politician for the local level on up, all the ones who do not prevent this clawing back, b.s. What is going on is called private equity asset gathering. Those with wealth, hiding behind secrecy provisions, are paying off politicians to claw back benefits from governmental outlays, not only from veterans but from individuals in general, and reward the wealthy who invest in the theft racket for their "services." In other words, we have a system designed and maintained by big money worldwide to find ways to take government money back from the people, intended for the people, for profits. It's financial capitalism running wild. On the one hand, it can be assumed that those at the very top, who profited from investments in the equipment for the wars, are also profiting from having created the wars. The only way to stop this vicious cycle is to punish the politicians standing by allowing these "clawbacks", while on the other hand, taking money from the very sources responsible to fund their campaigns. It is essentially a mafia move called strong-arming and extortion. Thank about it. if people knew, when they're being damn near forced to "thank us for our service, at the same time, money is being taken from veterans for copays (that the veterans don't even know about) while we veterans lay dying..., they wouldn't stand for it. A letter campaign can easily be launched, and I'll volunteer. Health care, just like it is for the people who are doing these clawbacks, should be free in the first darn case. Paying for health care means encouraging pharmaceutical companies to invent "drugs" to treat diseases thereby squeezing out funding to prevent disease. You're experiencing in many cases the last of your days, and what little money you have is being stolen. Veterans are not babies and we shouldn't stand for this crap. More than in any other grouping the veterans are the ones most capable of winning this war over justice plus exploitation of the most vulnerable. Salute! Combat Craig. I like the haircut, brother.

[@TH-eb5ro]

Are they changing the status of the discharge and adjusting the VA benefit? Thank goodness you had some notes to untangle a part of this. Some of the notes make sense in that if the issue for which you were having disability resolves or improves or does not prevent employment you no longer rate that payment. Civilian insurance benefits work the same if investigators find your status has changed and you did not update they may even charge you for fraud. Tricky situation when that is not the case or the VA makes a mistake. I've done a few C&Ps lately but they are checking the VA findings as the disability rating sits and my claim also includes my records, drs findings. I would not let the C&Ps be the only part of it.

[@TheDogger4]

White claw? Critical of a monster drink? Really, lol

[@randywickham3746]

@TheDogger4 white claw is gonna give you a yeast infection lol

[@koogle612]

I was scheduled for a surgery following an injury at wk it was in SFVA on a Saturday. I got there & no Dr.! I called my Senator (Kamala Harris at the time) & within 30 minutes I was called by the VA to apologize & reschedule. I was originally told the Dr.s dont like coming in on the wknd. (So why schedule it?!) Point 2 Craig you gotta stop interrupting. Caffeine alcohol whatever yoire drinkin... Chill! Love the content orherwise.

[@owen33333]

I retired in 98, filed claims, came back at zero percent. Gave them the fuck you with both barrels and never went back!

[@chrisgrooms3697]

TRUMP 2024!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@uniquejones2438]

Lord, Combat Craig... Ease up on the interjecting. It's nerve wrecking trying to listen to your guest when he's trying to explain everything. I've never seen you like this.

[@howardkeebler6172]

Agree he seems really off

[@CombatCraig]

Yup I’ve been struggling on camera lately. I think I finally pulled my head out though🤠

[@iokona]

In 1994 I knew ALOT of fellow soldiers, at Ft. Bragg and Ft Hood that took the early out, and they all knew they had to pay that money back before they hit retirement age. They also were allowed to use the commissary and post privileges (all benefits) for either a year or 2. I don’t understand why you guys are saying the VA is screwing them over by taking the money back, they knew it had to be paid back when they took it. Please explain?? Another thing that irritates the shit out of me, I got hurt broke my fibula in Iraq, (actually Saudi Arabia the day the war started) had a plate and 5 screws put in my ankle, medevac’d to Germany, where I was medically terminated from jump status by a leg Dr. I get a crappy 20% for this. And I know ex soldiers that got in a car accident off duty getting 100%, and a guy that got shot off duty in a bad area (doing something illegal) and he’s getting 100%. WTF 😡

[@BettyWhite-h7m]

@@iokona yeah this has been in effect for forever. But who's getting 75,000 for involuntary separation pay that's nuts I got 17 K they can take it back that's six months of my pay. I'd always take the separation pay and continue to file for disability take my chances worse comes to worse going to Hudvash they're gonna pay either way

[@louc8782]

I just found out that my friend's wife FINALLY joined your Bootcamp after a year of me pressing her, gently:) I'm sooooo excited for them because I KNOW you will guide them to the Hundo Club, like you did for me. Best news of the day.

[@casuallevelexpert3112]

Not sure how long Rater X has been retired, but would love to hear more about the experience of culture you witnessed…regarding your perceived ratio of raters on the “develop to deny” side of things, or the “advocate to approve” side.

[@CombatCraig]

Me too!

[@toddroebuck3214]

Craig, stop interrupting the guess. Would be helpful to use trying to hear. Thank you

[@BeautyWithTiffy]

WE MUST LEARN TO INVEST! SO SICK OF THESE CRIMINALS TRYING TO KEEP US REPRESSED

[@TheHales]

The reason people fall into adjustment disorder is because they talk too much about their job and dealing with people. You have to talk about how you feel about yourself, how you feel about people around you, how you feel about your family members, and how you no longer enjoy doing things.

[@rangerbat9295]

Va needs more staff.

[@UntamedMann]

@@rangerbat9295 somehow they are understaffed but are short billions?? Va vacation trips maybe

[@rangerbat9295]

@@UntamedMann Va at least acts like Vets are a burden to their department. Constant reject claims and schedule C&p multi times until they get their answer. Thats a sham.

[@jimiguitar3252]

​@@rangerbat9295so true, that's exactly what I went through. They bent over backwards and touched the floor to keep denying my claim. Finally got approved after many years. Man, it took serious determination on my part to win out.

[@1304lincoln]

Hi would like to know if I just started my claims in May . I had 2 C&P exams. They covered headache, back and headaches. Why haven't they scheduled my MST C&P exam for that yet

[@SterlingRobertson]

As long as you have the claim in there, it will be covered. That's a big one too. There's a bill HR6023 I think that would pay Vets for their MST rating from the date they left service if it gets passed. It's getting traction but been introduced probably a year ago.

[@aboveitall8483]

Drink less before trying to talk!😂

[@topflight3592]

I wish KZbin was around in 2005, I have to pay back separation pay from 19 years ago

[@bollicker19]

I was recently increased to 100 percent p&t from 90 percent in my rating. However the VA did something weird where they only back payed me to April instead of last June when I put the intent to file in. I want to submit the back pay for review but I'm concerned that they might try to bump me off p&t even though my request has nothing to do with my actual rating. Has anyone experienced anything like this?

[@Slb5988]

It’s when you submit the intent to file

[@bollicker19]

Yeah that's the thing though... My intent to file was June of 2023 and they only back paid me from April of 24

[@bythestone7204]

Severance pay if you are medically separated which mean 20% or less from DoD

[@kenprice1820]

Received 100% P&T for Bipolar Disorder. If it's service connected definitely apply for Bipolar Disorder.

[@UntamedMann]

@@kenprice1820 my father army vet is rated that too. Since the 90s

[@UntamedMann]

Not true, I have 100PT Adjustment disorder

[@kenprice1820]

Also not true, I have been rated 100% P&T for Bipolar Disorder. If you're Bipolar Disorder is service connected apply for disability.

[@casuallevelexpert3112]

Further on static conditions… what are the requirements to get conditions approved to be static for P&T versus non static? Is chronicity demonstrated or an IMO what’s needed to be submit? Is a request for P&T or static status a particular claim to be filed?

[@UntamedMann]

@@casuallevelexpert3112 inability to work or keep a job. I went a year without a job after I got out. And the Examiner deemed me PT and the rater gave me it. I didn’t request it, I only filed a increase from 50%

[@shawng8432]

Good times Spicoli! 🏄‍♀️

[@blackOneTime]

All i wanna know is are my disability compensation for Oct at risk?

[@MrKl1978]

Does Rater X do videos too? I cannot find any

[@oogieboogie4702]

No more VA.

[@jodywooten5511]

A white claw😂

[@CombatCraig]

Black Cherry:)

[@Andrewprez777]

So are they saying veterans that have been separated and med boarded out have to pay their severance pay back?

[@TheHales]

Yes, if you Medboard and did not medically retire they will ask for their money back. The good news is veterans who get medically separated have it taking out automatically vs those who get a random notice that their money is going to be taken away.

[@Andrewprez777]

@@TheHalesI read somewhere that if you acquired your illness or injury in a combat zone and was medically separated for it that they can't go after you. Are you aware of that?

[@casuallevelexpert3112]

31:16 Question about the future exams…is there a standard time table of when they’re supposed to re-examine for non static conditions?

[@robertlee810]

@@casuallevelexpert3112 sometimes va forget so if you are in hundo club don't file anymore. Keep it low profile

[@jimiguitar3252]

I believe it is three years and possibly up to five years.

[@1chimpbobo]

depends they often put a re examine note in your records i think the general time frame are 6mo 1yr 3 yr 5yr , i got a mental re exam after every completed therapy in OH and when i stopped therapy ..shity VA therapists

[@jimiguitar3252]

I believe 38 CFR prescribes the re exam time frames. But remember VBA constantly violates its own regulations. I could relate my experiences regarding this but it would entail way too much typing. Thankfully I'm 100% p&t/every condition is classified as static. Took me over 20 YEARS to achieve this! The cherry on top is also receiving SMC S, an additional $400 a month.

[@casuallevelexpert3112]

@@1chimpbobo that’s helpful, thank you!

[@angelajohnson4666]

I was baker acted to almost incompetence.

[@angelajohnson4666]

No I was landed in a state mental hospital with what they did to me during the Clinton administration. I was recommended for the medical enlisted commissioning program and SCORE conversion to Hospital Corpsman.

[@1304lincoln]

Oh sorry migraines and knee

[@christinelovepeacegrace4414]

👀👍

[@fkdt45gth47]

Project 2025 is all you to say about the VA

[@1chimpbobo]

project 2025 is a republican neocon wish list , Trumps plan is Agenda 47 it doesn't take from vets , on the other hand Harris will go full communist and take everything from everyone for equity