I believe that this has more to do with one person receiving our tax dollars twice for the same services than it does any kind of revenge or retribution.
Essentially, if a person is incarcerated then they are being housed and fed at the taxpayer's expense. If they are ALSO receiving money from the VA for similar reasons then that person is double dipping into taxpayer dollars and that simply is not fair to the taxpayers. For as long as the person is incarcerated the VA stops. When they are released then they start back up again.
If You Are in Jail https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/can-the-va-stop-lower-my-disability-benefits-if-i-go-jail.html
If you are in jail for a felony, the VA will reduce or terminate your disability benefits after your 61st day in jail. If you were rated at 20% or higher for a service-connected disability prior to going to jail, your monthly benefit will get reduced to 10%. If you were rated at 10%, your monthly payment will be cut in half. Importantly, it isn't the disability rating itself that gets reduced, only the monthly payment. After you are released from prison, your benefits will be reinstated at their usual level. If you are in jail for a misdemeanor or a felony and have a VA pension, on your 61st day in jail, your pension will be terminated for the duration of your prison sentence. Notify the VA upon your release to get your pension reinstated. If after 60 days or less in jail, you have completed your sentence, been paroled, or sent to a halfway house or work release program, your disability benefits will not be reduced or terminated.
The same applies to other governmental benefits such as SSI. If an individual who receives Supplemental Security Income (SSI) goes to prison or jail or other institutions such as correctional institutions, detention centers, halfway hours, or boot camps; the individual will be ineligible to receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for any full calendar month he/she is incarcerated. Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits are either suspended or terminated. If the recipient’s benefits are suspended (being in prison/jail for more than thirty (30) continuous days) he/she is able to have his/her benefits reinstated starting with the month following the month of his/her release given that the recipient provides required documentation the Social Security Administration (SSA). If the recipient of Supplemental Security Income (SSI) is incarcerated for twelve (12) consecutive months or more, his/her eligibility for Supplemental Security benefits will be terminated and a new application must be filed after his/her release.
Source: https://www.cptinstitute.org/what-happens-to-my-ssi-benefits-if-i-have-to-go-to-jail-or-prison/
Nothing nefarious. In fact, one of the few times that our government is doing the right thing and saving taxpayer dollars.
I believe that this has more to do with one person receiving our tax dollars twice for the same services than it does any kind of revenge or retribution.
Essentially, if a person is incarcerated then they are being housed and fed at the taxpayer's expense. If they are ALSO receiving money from the VA for similar reasons then that person is double dipping into taxpayer dollars and that simply is not fair to the taxpayers. For as long as the person is incarcerated the VA stops. When they are released then they start back up again.
The same applies to other governmental benefits such as SSI. If an individual who receives Supplemental Security Income (SSI) goes to prison or jail or other institutions such as correctional institutions, detention centers, halfway hours, or boot camps; the individual will be ineligible to receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for any full calendar month he/she is incarcerated. Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits are either suspended or terminated. If the recipient’s benefits are suspended (being in prison/jail for more than thirty (30) continuous days) he/she is able to have his/her benefits reinstated starting with the month following the month of his/her release given that the recipient provides required documentation the Social Security Administration (SSA). If the recipient of Supplemental Security Income (SSI) is incarcerated for twelve (12) consecutive months or more, his/her eligibility for Supplemental Security benefits will be terminated and a new application must be filed after his/her release.
Source: https://www.cptinstitute.org/what-happens-to-my-ssi-benefits-if-i-have-to-go-to-jail-or-prison/
Nothing nefarious. In fact, one of the few times that our government is doing the right thing and saving taxpayer dollars.