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Originally posted by jerico65
Good question. Do POWs automatically get 100% disability?
For POWs detained for 30 days or more, such eligibility covers any of thefollowing illnesses that are found at a compensable level (at least 10 percent disabling): avitaminosis; beriberi; chronic dysentery; dysthymic disorder ...
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The base rate of VA monthly compensation, according to degree of disability, ranges from $103 to $2,163 per month. Veterans rated as 30 percent or more disabled qualify for additional benefits based upon the number of dependents. Dependents of those rated 100 percent disabled may qualify for educational assistance.
The ability to overcome the handicap of disability varies widely
among individuals. The rating, however, is based primarily upon the
average impairment in earning capacity, that is, upon the economic or
industrial handicap which must be overcome and not from individual
success in overcoming it.
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Total disability will be considered to exist when there is present any impairment of mind or body which is sufficient to render it impossible for the average person to follow a substantially gainful occupation; Provided, That permanent total disability shall be taken to exist when the impairment is reasonably certain to continue throughout the life of the disabled person. The following will be considered to be permanent total disability: the permanent loss of the use of both hands, or of both feet, or of one hand and one foot, or of the sight of both eyes, or becoming permanently helpless or permanently bedridden. Other total disability ratings are scheduled in the various bodily systems of this
schedule.
Originally posted by endrun
Flagged. Nice find, Grover. After doing so
If he's elected, we'll have another 8 years of Bushoid policies. Horrifying thought.
Originally posted by endrun
If he's elected, we'll have another 8 years of Bushoid policies. Horrifying thought.
No not at all and even if you did thats your choice and it should be respected.Imo hes not fit to be president.Something is wrong with that guy.The flip flopping. The laughing he does for no reason at all like there is some joke inside his head that nobody eles can hear.His thinking that its not important to bring the troops home.The list goes on and on.The man is weird.Hes not fit to lead this country.My father served in nam.He didnt serve with McCain but he was known by the guys in army intel and he wasnt thought of as a hero.My dad is a calm kind of guy and it really takes a lot to get him upset,however mention McCain's name and he gets kind of crazy lol.He doesnt really talk about his job in nam other than saying it was one of his jobs to "find out things".He says McCain is fraud and he just leaves it at that.
Originally posted by Maxmars
reply to post by Tricky63
I hope you didn't take my comments as an endorsement of Mr. McCain.
I am just sick and tired of the notion that that because he was a POW it automatically makes him worthy of praise.
Can you please add me to your list.Being a whiny little girl on ats sounds like lots of fun.I can even wear my grandma's easter hat and my wifes old prom dress for the group photo.Oh and ill need to get some new shoes and a purse
Originally posted by gormly
I think I am going to start a spreadsheet of all of you guys on ATS who whine like little girls whenever Obama gets ANYTHING negative said about him legitimate or not. Then I'll compare that to the same weenies in threads like this who call McCain names, belittle his service, call into question his character, call him a liar, a crook and a cheat and "little bush 3"
I will label it:
"The Hypocritical Whiny Little Girls of ATS"
Then I'll post it in some hall of shame.
Dont get me wrong here, I am not saying you can't say all those things, you certainly can.. You can say what you want, be an ass, lie, distort, even name call.. but the hypocrisy needs to stop. It seems conjecture, lack of context and outright lying is OK when it's for your side but oh so aprehensible when the other side does it right? The Liberals here are EXACTLY the same as the conservatives they bash all day long...
I find it HIGHLY telling that in EVERY Obama post where there is any question about him, be it chraracter, upbringing, citizenship, religion, or even POLICY you have shills who come in and bemoan the RACISM and HATRED of the commenters and then they come into these threads and gleefully post insults, conjecture and parrot lies with smug holier than thou attitudes..
You know who you are..
or worse.. maybe you don't??
[edit on 18-6-2008 by gormly]