{"id":67875,"date":"2016-09-09T11:59:44","date_gmt":"2016-09-09T15:59:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=67875"},"modified":"2016-09-09T11:44:50","modified_gmt":"2016-09-09T15:44:50","slug":"dennis-paulsen-disability-fraud-claims-disability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=67875","title":{"rendered":"Dennis Paulsen; disability fraud claims disability"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Andy11M sends us a link to the report<\/a> on Dennis Paulsen who was convicted of disability fraud earlier this year. His scam netted him about $1.6 million over more than 25 years from the VA and Social Security, according to prosecutors involved with his case. After two years in the Navy, they diagnosed him with multiple sclerosis (MS) and he got an early discharge as well as the cash perks that go along with being 100% disabled.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors said that the only time he’d appear to be disabled was when he was on his way to a VA appointment. The rest of his time he spent playing sports, even bungee jumping. he researched the symptoms on line so he’d know what to tell the doctors;<\/p>\n

Paulsen even competed in a Marine Corps \u201cTough Mudder\u201d race, but he argues that it wasn\u2019t easy for him.<\/p>\n

\u201cI struggled through that. I struggled, and I let people know that,\u201d Paulsen said. \u201cEvery job I try I looked healthy enough to do. But I\u2019d go out to work at Lawn Doctor and try to open up the fertilizer bags and things would slip out of the bags. But here I am, I look healthy. We wouldn\u2019t even be discussing this if I went to Afghanistan or Iraq and got my legs blown off and had to wear prosthetics and then you see prosthetics, people with prosthetics competing [at the Invictus Games].”<\/p>\n

He continued, “They get looked at as inspiring. But I get looked at like I\u2019m a fraud because you can\u2019t see the disease?\u201d<\/p>\n

When asked why the military owes him a lifetime of benefits when he\u2019s fit enough to do all the activities he was photographed doing, Paulsen said it\u2019s \u201cbecause I\u2019m service-connected.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said he feels he didn\u2019t have a fair trial because he didn\u2019t have a jury of his peers.<\/p>\n

\u201cNobody on that jury has MS,\u201d Paulsen said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Paulsen was sentenced to 41 months in jail and to pay back his $1.6 million tab along with a fine. He still claims that he’s disabled, despite the evidence against him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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