We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/03/disability_rati.html Sat, 24 Mar 2012 15:42:22 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification I've got a dog in this fight. Or rather, I'm a veteran of it. So if my father. And the system blows. However, the mess *precedes* the War on Terror and precedes the Bush Administration. It is *truly* a bi-partisan nightmare, created mostly by the services, with some occasional meddling/helping from the politicians and political appointees. The Army Times just published a story about the apparent inequities in how the services compare service to service and officer to enlisted when it comes to disability ratings for disability retirements. The article is weak in the presentation of it's analysis because they... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/03/disability_rati.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/03/disability_rati.html Wed, 14 Mar 2007 12:30:08 -0600 MajMike, Be glad they have "improved" everything, it will only blow 50% of your mind, instead of all of it. Yeah, right, sit very carefully. Good luck, Grumpy http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/03/disability_rati.html#comment-57967 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/03/disability_rati.html#comment-57967 Thu, 15 Mar 2007 17:44:31 -0600 now try having that precise same conversation when you're a Reservist, de-mobing, and "they" won't cut ADME orders... you can see why i went to the VA as my first stop, and that choice was the lesser of the two evils. it still took three years for my disability rating to come through. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/03/disability_rati.html#comment-57965 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/03/disability_rati.html#comment-57965 Thu, 15 Mar 2007 15:16:05 -0600 John, Welcome to the group. I just LOVE it when they say, "We'll wait til everything gets back to normal!" This is something said even by those who care about you at home. What they don't realize is this - NORMAL IS GONE! When you get home, you're trying to build a NEW NORMAL. The old one is gone, we're building a new one! After all of this, they say, "We'll wait til everything gets back to normal." They walk away, I always wind up screaming under my breath, "Argghhh!" - Grumpy http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/03/disability_rati.html#comment-57961 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/03/disability_rati.html#comment-57961 Thu, 15 Mar 2007 13:17:02 -0600 A combination of the two, then. Grant Woods to take his "American Gothic" couple, and put them in a uniform. Background of tortured souls... Bosch. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/03/disability_rati.html#comment-57939 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/03/disability_rati.html#comment-57939 Wed, 14 Mar 2007 20:07:12 -0600 Too bad Grant Woods is dead - there's a painting in there somewhere... Yeah. 'Cept it'd need a Hieronymus Bosch rather than a Grant Woods... ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/03/disability_rati.html#comment-57935 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/03/disability_rati.html#comment-57935 Wed, 14 Mar 2007 19:05:04 -0600