Puck, it's not the shiny crap.

It's not even remotely about the shiny crap.

It's about the VA paying your co-pay for the meds you'll need for the rest of your life because you did permanent soft tissue damage to your back while serving.

The idiots with the fake purple hearts, fake Bronze Stars, fake dd-214s and all the rest make it a pain in the ass for people with legit claims to get them heard.

One of my co-workers was given a medical discharge for having his knees destroyed by a deuce crushing them. Cut and dried VA claim, right? Nope, they guy spent two years working with various vets groups to get through all the red tape. Without those co-pays he'd be spending half his paycheck on meds.

It's not about the shiny s**t on your chest. It's about the falsifying bastards polluting the system and making it a pain for those with legit issues.

I could have a disability rating for my back. By choice I don't. eventually I'm going to kick myself in the butt for it, because the muscle meds keep getting more expensive. At some point I'm going to have to deal with the labyrinthine VA system and go that route. The little AHs with fake medals and fake paperwork are going to make it a nightmare, because the VA is going to spend months disproving what's in black and white in my med records.