Hoping this won't be taken the wrong way, but I'm confused about the thought process behind this.

There are quite a lot of posts and comments about veterans with ratings being afraid to do almost anything now that they're "in the system"...curious why that is. What is the point of receiving [X] amount of dollars per month in exchange for being a prisoner of worry? I presume everybody is aware the VA has investigators and is a government entity, so it isn't far fetched that they would be on the lookout for cases of liars.

Please don't get me wrong. I understand the military values a no weakness personality and a large part of this community is young and may have a struggle accepting diminished functionality as a result of an injury, but really, if you have a diagnosed condition, what is going to happen? You get questioned on it? That's what medical professionals are for. To sort the facts versus speculation.

Can't speak for everybody, but my time is much too short to give a singular shit what anybody "thinks" is or isn't wrong with me. They can defer to my doctors or go pound rocks.

I know of, personally and not, many people who have taken their own lives and had tons of "good days". Same goes for plenty of those who are physically impaired as well. Outside of terminal or extreme injuries, I can't think of many people who don't have good days. And even those extreme cases have some as well.

I saw a brilliant comment on a post that said "You are allowed to have good days. The bad days are the disability." And, frankly, I can't think of a more perfect way to summarize so much of this topic in such a prompt way.

Won't pretend like I'm a mental health professional with solutions, but I certainly hope all of you understand your health is important and receiving these benefits should not result in feeling like a self imposed captive of worrying.