My brother hurt his back on a training mission in the army. He was discharged and worked for a few years doing HVAC. His back was hurting, he kept going to the

My brother hurt his back on a training mission in the army. He was discharged and worked for a few years doing HVAC. His back was hurting, he kept going to the VA. Eventually they gave him $3000 A month disability. He was set for life! His own personal UBI. One little problem, they also gave him opioids for the back pain. With no need for a job too keep him busy, it only took six months for the opioids to kill him. I wrote this anecdote commend @scruple on taking the time to get his dad fixed up, and so that others in a similar place might recognize the situation and act. I do not think the VA did anything wrong in this case. I had a chance to get my brother to move in with me, but I failed to do so.