Pentagon Stiffing Injured Troops?

These people should not be in charge of anything, much less matters of war and peace. But particularly not the well-being of the men and women serving in harm's way.

An injured soldier's disability should be determined by Veterans Affairs officials — and not the Pentagon — because the Army might be shortchanging troops, a presidential commission was told on Monday.... Under the current system, each of the armed services assign ratings to service members when they become injured. The ratings determine whether the service member is discharged from active service and if so, the amount of disability benefits to which he or she is entitled. The VA operates a separate system to determine benefits for retired veterans.

Critics say the Army rates its injured soldiers at a lower level of disability compared with the other armed services and the VA so it can save on the costs of disability payments.

The Army says they are "perplexed" by the discrepancies and will investigate. Right. In the meantime, they will continue to send injured soldiers back to the war, and shortchange the rest.