Myth Or Fact?

[Angelo Hurtado]

Met up with a couple vets before the oakland raiders game yesterday, and they all swore up and down 70% and above vets just take ur rating letter down and ssdi is no issue.

Seems too good to be true.

[carlie]

Space A - it's true.

carlie

[vet and wife 4 life]

Is this true rating letter making a difference?

[jbasser]

No way.

SSDi uses a different determination for disability.Your condition or conditions must prevent you from doing any work and last 1 year or result in death

VA uses a percentage system based on the level of earnings capacity your condidions cause you compared to the manufacturing economy.

I dont think they care the least about your VA disability.

J

[navydoc2]

Angelo are you saying that if you are rated over 70% and apply for ssdi you are automatic?

[Pete53]

If you have the quarters pretty close to automatic provided you can get a Doc to say you can't go to work for at least a year.

[cowgirl]

Got SSDI first time in. I got the paperwork in order, application, pay slips, pretabbed medical records to support my self report type statement, job description, just followed the process. Learned the first clerk just interested in numbers, not info. Nice people, even gave me a telephone number to call and spoke to the person listed, no recorder!