Veterans experiencing homelessness: Why it happens and what we can do | KVUE

Homelessness is still an issue in Austin. KVUE's Conner Board explains why the people who served our country have a higher chance of ending up on the street - and what we can do about it.
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[@noelreign9965]

Are politicians need to experience homelessness. This is sad.

[@jondspen]

VA medical refuses to get you in, VA Disability says you don't have the records, SSDI sends you to their own docs who even if they say youre disabled will still deny you for benefits. But ya...."Thank you for your service."

[@agarrikr2996]

Use you and spit you out

[@kayp4601]

1/3 of SSDI claims are approved at initial stage. 12 percent at reconsideration. 45-50 percent at a hearing.

[@sidatphan7054]

It’s true the VA is disgusting

[@firstlast8258]

Serving the elite

[@firstlast8258]

@@kayp4601the numbers don’t lie but liars use numbers 🤓🖕

[@pajarilloable1]

I would never allow my children this carrer. I would help them choose something better .

[@firstlast8258]

Never say never

[@sidatphan7054]

Yes don’t get involved with this job

[@3dnsewmultimediasolutions649]

There is a new veteran owned company that is just starting to help called Patriot Cabin Community.

[@brandonbrackett6784]

E-1 base pay for all honorably discharged veterans for life, unless retirement or disability is higher. Money is the only thing that pays bills. Programs exist so the administration gets a paycheck

[@firstlast8258]

Money is at the job if you are able bodied

[@jthanrubio1126]

​@@firstlast8258What happens if there is mental disorders acquired during military service?

[@GoonyMclinux]

​@@firstlast8258yeah bro, go join and tell me how that back feels after a decade, I could have likely broken you for life in a few weeks.

[@VampageRampage]

@@firstlast8258The job tends to make many ‘unable bodied’. Not just for work, but often immediately for life☠️

[@firstlast8258]

@@VampageRampage gawd bless Murica 🤓🖕

[@hibiscus_samoa]

😢

[@alexkessel5980]

Can I ask... American veterans after wars of America with another countries? I saw...in America 16.5 million veterans....After what and where wars??? Before...in 2020 was 20 million veterans...How its possible??? Why so many veterans??? 🤔😲

[@e5re]

the us has a population of 300 million and since the early 2000s we’ve fought in over 10 different conflicts and still currently are so those numbers add up education is key

[@alexkessel5980]

@@e5re Devil may cry 😉😜

[@inegma29]

Sad

[@madianantar7842]

That’s karma for you

[@James-qz5ny]

You're a poopoo head

[@James-qz5ny]

You're a poopoo head

[@michaelleggieri7135]

Just go get a job

[@johnnyspin6346]

RIP to all the innocent Iraqis killed by these savages

[@avgjoe4486]

🟫🟫🟫

[@fccream3301]

What savages?

[@firstlast8258]

Takes a savage to know a savage

[@sidatphan7054]

Amen to them

[@AdrianoTheOne]

Rip to the innocent Iraqis killed by terrorists and the Saddam government

[@hydrohasspoken6227]