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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Someone should do a study on the costs that the major veterans law firms impose on the taxpayer and the economy. Not just the direct stuff like the $10k EAJA fees they collect for their three page briefs, but also second order effects like the loss in productivity that comes from hundreds of thousands of people being awarded a tax-free middle class income for life during their peak earning years. [/quote]

I agree with you completely, but you and I both know that both Democrats and Republicans lack the political will to end the gravy train for fear of appearing anti-veteran.[/quote]

Eventually it's going to come to a head. The system has grown massively in the last 25 years, both in terms of the number of people on it and the average rating. Since the 1980s, the overall veteran population has halved while the number of people on VA disability has increased threefold. Over 30% of people with a rating are now at 100%/TDIU while historically it was 5-10%.

It's not sustainable. It's going to breed resentment in the broader population that I think will eventually take the form of legislative reform. [/quote]

Tell me about it.  Fellow vets hear I used to work at VA, and I'm swamped with folks wanting to know how to get 100%.  A guy in my run club ran a marathon last year (not his first) and he's 100% P&T (but still employed with a lucrative government consulting job).  It's just become another hustle these days.  [/quote]

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