When I saw this I automatically assumed they meant vets who are completely disabled and facing the civilian world after being strictly military for so long and cannot work or make money. Not to mention the shell shock of coming out of wartime to peacetime. I can tell you that some vets wait longer than six months so that number is way off. With wartime they are getting swamped with applications for disability. Jim and I see the PT room everytime we go in and there are more and more vets filling it up. Those who come out who can work are faced with no job, no insurance and no experience in many jobs. All they know is the military. So, taking that long is hard on many when they fought for the country and the country is not there for them.

When Jim was medically retired, peacetime, it was a shock to our systems after being in the arms of the military. We were Ok though since we could both work. I can't imagine being thrust into the civilian world after losing limbs and not being cared for by the very system you went out to fight for. We were also lucky in that it was peacetime so things went a little faster and Jim was medically disabled and retained his insurance for the family.

Anyway, your right, both systems are flawed for sure. No one should have to wait when they have put in their money and time. Period. It's no wonder so many are homeless, not just vets, but civilians as well. Makes me steaming mad.