General: Turn Disabled Ratings Over to VA
The U.S. military's system of rating its disabled personnel to determine their benefits has been criticized for giving lower disability ratings than the Veterans Administration.
The military has an incentive to rate the veterans lower, because it saves money, says retired Army Lt. Gen. James Terry Scott, who chairs the Veterans' Disability Benefits Commission.
As Scott tells NPR's Robert Siegel, he thinks he knows how to solve the problem: have the V.A. do all the disability ratings for all the armed forces.
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