It always seemed a bit odd to me that veteran's disability payments, based upon loss of income and the disability ratings are quite different in purpose than the
SMC compensation. Yet, SMC payments are substituted (Other than SMC K) for the standard compensation tables.
The question is why, and is it just the VA's way of reducing veteran's compensation?
It's worthwhile to note that the "standard" 100% VA disability payment of ~ $3k a month is considerably LESS than the governments figures for average income.
How do you replace ~$4K with ~$3k and call that replacement ? (An excuse might be made that the $3k is "tax free", but that's not completely true, since almost anything it's used for involves tax in some manner.)
If that's not bad enough, the CPI is deliberately measured in such a way as to only account for one half or less of the average inflation and cost of living increases.
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It always seemed a bit odd to me that veteran's disability payments, based upon loss of income and the disability ratings are quite different in purpose than the
SMC compensation. Yet, SMC payments are substituted (Other than SMC K) for the standard compensation tables.
The question is why, and is it just the VA's way of reducing veteran's compensation?
It's worthwhile to note that the "standard" 100% VA disability payment of ~ $3k a month is considerably LESS than the governments figures for average income.
How do you replace ~$4K with ~$3k and call that replacement ? (An excuse might be made that the $3k is "tax free", but that's not completely true, since almost anything it's used for involves tax in some manner.)
If that's not bad enough, the CPI is deliberately measured in such a way as to only account for one half or less of the average inflation and cost of living increases.
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