What veterans benefits?. There's no cash payment unless you're disabled. Don didn't go to college on the GI Bill. He hasn't used the VA medical system. No reason at all for him to interact with the VA.

But here's the buried landmine. When you go into the military, you're fingerprinted, and your prints go into the FBI system. Dick Whitman's prints are sitting down in Washington, with his name on them. If Don is ever fingerprinted for anything -- Bingo! Drunk driving arrest, anyone?