Nation ‘Blind’ veteran who scammed $1M in disability payments: How did it go on so long? August 11, 2021John Boyle, Asheville Citizen TimesComments Off on ‘Blind’ veteran who scammed $1M in disability payments: How did it go on so long? A 'blind' veteran who scammed the government out of $1 million had multiple eye exams and kept getting compensation increases over three decades.