tdiu Retire At 62?

[gp747]

if i retire at 62 will it affect me filing claims for disabilities at dept vet affairs?

and or will they take the fact that i am retired i wasnt going to work any more

anyway and judge me by that?

i am on s.s.i now and 30% (sc) but s.s.i. has gone down to just $100 month

with wife working.

can i file for tdiu while being retired? and or iu ,p&t while being retired?

how will retiring affect any and all claims if at all?

[Tbird]

oh i was confused by the word retired thinking you were working full time now, i'm not sure if you can draw ssa for retirement age and ssi at the same time, it may have to do with the amount of you ssa retirement, i think it is best to call social security and get that answer from them.

i am not working at all i am disabled ,i could not get ssa i get ssi i did not have

quite enough credits to get social security disability, so i got supplemental ssi

they call it . my wife works and they deduct what she makes plus what i draw

from 30%(sc) . i cannot own anything worth over 2500$ unless it is a car to travel

or a home which i do not ,i rent.

i am turning 62 in june and ssi said i could draw retirement for the credits i have in

before getting disabled.

also if i retire i will lose ssi

[gp747]

oh i was confused by the word retired thinking you were working full time now, i'm not sure if you can draw ssa for retirement age and ssi at the same time, it may have to do with the amount of you ssa retirement, i think it is best to call social security and get that answer from them.

thats ok i know if i retire i will not get any thing as far as ssa disability so i am

going for iu i think . i have enough credits to get about 500 a month retirement

but i would get more if i got iu or tdiu .

no i am way too sick to work ,plus i am almost totally deaf

among a host of other things.

Edited January 8, 2009 by skunk

[Philip Rogers]

If I were you, I'd skip the retirement and wait until you reach full retirement age. SSI will be reduced by any income you receive. I can see no benefit in receiving retirement.

pr

[gp747]

If I were you, I'd skip the retirement and wait until you reach full retirement age. SSI will be reduced by any income you receive. I can see no benefit in receiving retirement.

pr

yep i think you are right,i have tthought about it all nite. first i have to let my pending

secondary claims go through,then try for iu.i will lose big time if i take ss retirement.

[Pete53]

Although your pay at 62 on retirement SSD is less you will get it for 4 years and a few months which if you are not in good shape would be a blessing. I always looked at it if I had to do it that way I would take it cause the COLA's plus the other money would pretty much be a better deal.

Just my opinion but I think you would have to collect SSD for over 14 years before you started losing money.

I believe that there are changes coming to everything and a buck in the hand is better than a buck 25 in the future. If you are collecting now you are probably grandfathered but if you wait things could happen.

[gp747]

Although your pay at 62 on retirement SSD is less you will get it for 4 years and a few months which if you are not in good shape would be a blessing. I always looked at it if I had to do it that way I would take it cause the COLA's plus the other money would pretty much be a better deal.

Just my opinion but I think you would have to collect SSD for over 14 years before you started losing money.

I believe that there are changes coming to everything and a buck in the hand is better than a buck 25 in the future. If you are collecting now you are probably grandfathered but if you wait things could happen.

yeah i have thinking about things could happen in this economy there could

be some painful adjustments made for retirees.