I was wondering when I’d find this one. Our Mr. McCartney dropped it in my lap. If you try to correlate the highest concentration of severely disabled Vets by state and then match it against the highest number of ILP claims completed by state, it doesn’t pencil out.
Occam’s razor, which I can say I’ve never found defective, states quite elegantly that the simplest explanation for any enigma is almost always the correct one. Based on that, let’s look at some more statistics.New York far and away, with 198 ILP troops, would obviously be the one with the highest number eligible and confirm the connection a la Occam. One problem- NY only has 105,097 disabled Vets of all stripes.
New York– 105,097 disabled and 18,423 Vets 100% P&T and TDIU Vets (198)
On the other hand, California is listed as having more with 245,980 disabled at one rating or another…
California–41,035 Vets 100% +IU but only LA (16)+Oakland (67)+San Diego(38)= 121 ILPeople.
Texas, with 266,015 has only Houston (106) + Whacko (78) for an aggregate of 184 out of 48,548 100%+ IU. You guys in Texas are filing-challenged. You need some remedial ILP learnin’.
Now Florida ought to be a no-brainer. 235,264 total disabled with 40,527 100% +IU. Yet they really lose out with only 93 ILP grants.
I see no correlation so we have to assume some ROs are more generous than others. New York seems to win that hands down. Cheyenne is a dry hole. Alabama takes second.
Here’s the data. This is a goldmine. I realize it’s 4 years old but really- the data only gets larger when you have a shit ton of wars or one really, really long one.. or two. The numbers are basically static, percentage wise. Besides, there’s always going to be more chowderheads who will settle in St. Pete’s who are content to endure megalong lines at the VAMC and RO. That’s the trade off for a Jimmy Buffet flipflop life.
Seattle, I’m sad to say, really hits rock bottom at 14 with 14,859 100% +IU out of 93,753 disabled. I aim to change that here as well as nationwide.
Interesting ones to file in a handy spot
Total number of disabled Vets of all ratings—3 million
Highest rating % by number– 773,094 @ 10%
Number of 100% schedular–268,394
Number of TDIU– 250,919
And last but not least, for all of you guys with twenty one 10% ratings for ingrown toenailopathy and hemorrhoids who are at 90% and will never get to 100%?–29,841 souls.
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Hell, no. Wish I did. The VA Deep Throat we were using got tight lip syndrome one day and not a word since. Sorry. Same for VR&E. We used to get all the info on the number and kind of ILP assistance. Then one day it was “If you want it, file a FOIA. Now beat it.”
I asked the ILP people for a banjo and some lessons. The counselor told me I needed my VA shrink to write a report explaining exactly how this would help my mental health. I am TDIU vet who is pretty well housebound. How could learning to play a banjo help me? Well, it would give me something to do to annoy my wife. How does making music help anyone? Isn’t it obvious that it is intrinsically good? I got so disgusted with this I just told them to shove it. This is what they wanted. I spent $100 and got a banjo and went to a music store and took some lessons on my dime. I felt degraded and humiliated by the entire ILP program. I felt the VA counselor was going out of their way to make it hard for me. He seemed pleased when I told him to just forget it. They were going to make me jump through many hoops for something so simple.
Actually carpenter workshops have been a BINGO here for those with that sort of ability. Several stickbuilt models but recently prefab, drive in on flat bed and drop em. latest was a 14 x 24. add couple of drill presses, a window ac, heater, mess of woodworking hand tools, some table saws and $2k worth of wood products…..SHAZAAM.
I applied, had to sit through a one hour D movie and then they went around the room and pulled all of the Vets who were there for job training. Looking around the room I was wondering if perhaps they were going to do bodily harm and removed the witnesses. Anyhow, I digress, I met with a “counsellor” and we talked about what I was seeking and sure enough I was offered the wheelchair ramp and grab bars. Seriously?
When I responded, to the aforementioned offer in my own “tactful” way, I asked her in what capacity would those two gifts relate to what I was asking for. She replied that they were not really there to provide any assistance and that the matter would be turned over to the district office. It has been nearly two months and not so much as a denial. Boy does this sound familiar or what? I was asking them for a jetted tub since I have been forbidden by my Dr. from delving back into hot tubbing. I worked construction for over twenty years and I know enough guys to get the work done cheaply but timely so where is the issue?
They don’t want us better. I requested a jacuzzi insert from my doctor on secure messaging on my healthy vet and they said if they have them I will get one. Still waiting!!!
Thomas believes in the Tooth Faery too. Join the fight , sir. File your Form 28-1900 and let’s set the VA on fire.
Thanks for making sense of the numbers. Here the numbers for los angeles are not believable as well. So is the job of the vso to inform veterans of this program? Who is taken to task about not meeting the quota for this program? You know a greenhouse sounds like alot of work. If we must be SC to qualify how will that affect our disability ratings if we go back to work? Is there some kind of list approved ILP programs? You know like basket weaving or train spotting?
Actually a greenhouse is easier to run than the govt. You add water to the potting soil. The seeds grow. Nobody taxes them. Only the most severely disabled qualify = nobody going back to work.Boy, approved programs? Tandy leather products catalog? Radio Shack U-bildit radios? Upskirt Photography? Metal detectors at the beach? Navel gazing for fun and profit? Avocational bong building? Do I go on? Model railroading? Recreational penny squishing with real trains? On ILP, the world is your stage.