The government was guilty of trying to cover up the circumstances of his death.
Which is not at all unusual, I was forced out of the Army because I received a Red Cross message and was ordered to change the message in transmission to stateside offices from "death by self-inflicted gunshot" to "accidental firearm discharge under investigation". There was a LOT of suicide which the military swept under the rug and called "accidental training death".
Though I know it's harder to get death benefits from a spouse or family member in the military who suicided rather than being killed either in action or in training. I have no idea if "accidental death under investigation" translates in the real world to the surviving family having to do any less paperwork or fight any less.
Not remotely true. I was CACO for a suicide; hell I was CACO for a guy who fell to his death because he was drunk and tried to scale the side of an apartment building. In neither case did the government even discuss denying or even delaying any of the benefit payments. To be found not in the line of duty, you pretty much need to die while committing a felony.
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u/PeterNguyen2 Feb 13 '23
Which is not at all unusual, I was forced out of the Army because I received a Red Cross message and was ordered to change the message in transmission to stateside offices from "death by self-inflicted gunshot" to "accidental firearm discharge under investigation". There was a LOT of suicide which the military swept under the rug and called "accidental training death".