Sorry folks there is disability fraud

[DustyJoe]

62. Plenty of Fraud

I have no experience in SSI/SSDI claim fraud, but VA disability fraud is rampant. The golden goose has and still is a PTSD claim. I have been in many VA health facilities in the last 20 years and the ease of obtaining a 100% rating for this hard to disprove malady, the public support for anything military and the hero worship status now accorded everyone in uniform has changed the VA disability system into a cakewalk.
-NBC News Snip*-

Moved by a huge tide of troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan with post-traumatic stress, Congress has pressured the Department of Veterans Affairs to settle their disability claims — quickly, humanely, and mostly in the vets' favor.
The problem: The system is dysfunctional, an open invitation to fraud. And the VA has proposed changes that could make deception even easier.
PTSD's real but invisible scars can mark clerks and cooks just as easily as they can infantrymen fighting a faceless enemy in these wars without front lines. The VA is seeking to ease the burden of proof to ensure that their claims are processed swiftly.
But at the same time, some undeserving vets have learned how to game the system, profitably working the levers of sympathy for the wounded and obligation to the troops, and exploiting the sheer difficulty of nailing a surefire diagnosis of a condition that is notoriously hard to define.

Just a tip of the iceberg according to the full article.
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/36852985/ns/health-mental_health/t/tide-new-ptsd-cases-raises-fears-fraud/#.VXHl8yrK1OY

What is sad is the wait times and delays that truly disabled vets go through as much time is wasted on the fakers claims and medical tests affects all vets.