Chart showing causes of disability benefits

I work at the VA regional office in St Petersburg Florida. I truly believe if taxpayers knew what veterans received disability pay for that would be appalled. I am sure most people when they hear the term disabled veteran they envision and individual who has lost a limb in combat or someone who has actually engaged in combat. If they only knew that disabilities veterans received compensation don't have to having to do with their military service. A woman who has a hysterectomy in service is automatically 50% disabled buy the VA!!! If an obese veteran has sleep apnea that began in service and has a CPAP machine they are 50% disabled.

What other job can you retire form after years of service, receive retired pay and then start receiving disability pay for age related disabilities?

I had a classic claim recently in which a man who retired from the military in 1970 and went to law school after service on the GI Bill. He became and administrative law judge for social security and worked for Social Security for over 25 years. He submitted a claim, at the age of 72,that he was totally disabled and unable to work due to injuries incurred in a jeep accident in 1961 while he was in the service!!! 1961!! and he was granted 100% disability by VA! This man knew how work the system and had doctor's say that he had injuries from this accident forty years ealier even that caused him to be too disabled to work- though he continued on in the military, went to law school and worked over 25 years as a judge!! the fact was the man was old and had age related arthritis. and now he gets military retired pay, 100 disability compensation pay of over $3000.00 a month tax free is exempt from paying property taxes becuase he is a now a 100% disabled vet, he gets social security and retired pay from his job as a judge!! how do you like where you tax dollars are going!

And the sad thing is this is not that unusal of case..

This is an extremely unfair way to show the public how much money a veteran receives due to disability.
Just to clear it up a little, I am going to break your disability chart down a bit to show a truer calculation.
0-10% disability - 14,750 vets for $12.9 million (that is only $874.58 a year or $72.88 a month)
10-20% disability – 775,854 vets for $1 billion (that is $1288.90 a year or $107.40 a month)
And of course as the disability percentage increases so does the pay per veteran.
And while it is true that 100% disabled veterans receive tax exemptions on some purchases (cars and homes for example), ONLY 100% disabled veterans receive those kinds of benefits. 99.9% or less do not.
I am appalled to see this kind of an article circulating. Our veterans have bravely served this country in war and peacetime. They are willing to sacrifice their lives to this country. The husbands, wives, and children of these brave veterans are left at home for years on end not knowing if they will ever see their loved one again. This is the price of FREEDOM.
Personally, my husband (33 years old) suffered a massive heart attack. If he had been receiving proper medical attention, he probably would not currently have Congestive Heart Failure, a pacemaker, and a defibrillator. His life has been drastically shortened. He will never work another day in his life because of his disabilities, since his heart cannot endure a days’ work. My 33 year old husband has the heart of a 98 year old woman. He can no longer play with our 4 young children the way they expect a young daddy to. He may not be able to give any of our 4 daughters away at their weddings. He will probably not get to hold his grandchildren in his arms. And I will probably be a widow before my last child graduates High School.
There is no reason to try to take benefits from our veterans. Why doesn’t someone push for better medical care for our active duty military members? Perhaps that will decrease the number of veterans who are disabled.
As for the Judge who got his 100%, I agree, that is ridiculous. The VA system is flawed. But the biggest flaw is the time it takes to get benefits to those who TRULY need it.