60% Disable Veterans Turn Down For Ssa &ssid

[Maurice]

60% Disable Veteran that his doctors said could not work due to his Service-connected injuries was turn down by SSA for benefits. SSA said he did not paid enough into the SSA to get benefits. What sould he do to get SSA benefits. Thanks you He need a answer now.

[betrayed]

apply for SSI no SSDI

[chongo]

60% Disable Veteran that his doctors said could not work due to his Service-connected injuries was turn down by SSA for benefits. SSA said he did not paid enough into the SSA to get benefits. What sould he do to get SSA benefits. Thanks you He need a answer now.

He can apply for SS pension.

[BIGPAPA92]

Have you looked at the site SSA Online? I know there is a rule about paying into SSA for so many quarters to be able to get SSA benifits. As far as your VA rating, If you're receiving SSA the VA wants your files even though they rate disabilities differently. SSA doesn't use your VA ratings for SSA purposes. I applied for TDIU and SSA disibility in Jan 2000. I was approved by SSA first time. Still fighting with the VA for TDIU even though I'm rated 70%. Also you may need to talk with a lawyer.

Good luck and I wish you the best.

[Pete53]

I suggest a good look at his paperwork. Many Veterans confuse the day they last worked to the date they applied. The 10 quarters should be counted from the date last worked and not the date of application.

A lot of disabled people lose on this issue and it is really fairly simple to fix.

Good Luck

[allan]

Factors that may affect your retirement benefits

http://www.ssa.gov/retire2/qualify.htm

Military Service

http://www.ssa.gov/retire2/veterans.htm

You Can Get Both Social Security Benefits And Military Retirement

Generally, there is no reduction of Social Security benefits because of your military retirement benefits. You'll get your full Social Security benefit based on your earnings.

Social Security survivors benefits may affect benefits payable under the optional Department of Defense Survivors Benefit Plan. Check with the Department of Defense or your military retirement advisor for more information.

If you have health care protection from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) or under the TRICARE (formerly CHAMPUS) or CHAMPVA program, your health benefits may change or end when you become eligible for Medicare. You should contact the Veterans Administration, the Department of Defense or a military health benefits advisor for more information.

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Credit For Military Service After 1956

Since 1957, if you had military service earnings for active duty (including active duty for training), you paid Social Security taxes on those earnings. Since 1988, inactive duty service in the Armed Forces reserves (such as weekend drills) has also been covered by Social Security.

Under certain circumstances, special extra earnings for periods of active duty from 1957 through 2001 can also be credited to your Social Security earnings record for benefit purposes.

If you were in the active military service from 1957 through 1967, special extra earnings are added to your earnings record when you apply for Social Security benefits.

If your active duty was after 1967, the extra earnings are already on your record.

There are no special extra earnings credits for military service after 2001.

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Credit For Military Service In 1940 Through 1956

If you were in the military from 1940 through 1956, including attendance at a service academy, you did not pay Social Security taxes. However, your records are credited with special earnings that may help you qualify for Social Security and Medicare or increase the amount of your Social Security benefit.

These special earnings credits are added to your earnings record when you apply for Social Security benefits.

How Special Earnings Credits Work

Your Social Security record may be credited with $160 a month in earnings for military service from September 16, 1940, through December 31, 1956, under the following circumstances:

You were honorably discharged after 90 or more days of service, or you were released because of a disability or injury received in the line of duty; or

You are still on active duty; or

You are applying for survivors benefits and the veteran died while on active duty.

You cannot receive credit for these special earnings if you are already receiving a federal benefit based on the same years of service. There is one exception: If you were on active duty after 1956, you can still get the special earnings for 1951 through 1956, even if you're receiving a military retirement based on service during that period.

[allan]

This covers it much better................

Military Service And Social Security

SSA Publication No. 05-10017, January 2007

http://www.ssa.gov/pubs/10017.html