Ssi Warning

[gp747]

i am trying to keep someone from making the same honest mistake i made. i was on ssi and had a claim in for a long time.

i did not realize if you won your award that you would have to pay back your ssi payments

that you recieved .

i wound up owing around $4000 and they are taking about $60 a month out of my retirement check every month.

also i applied for a credit card and was turned down because they said i had a lien,so now my credit is messed up,there goes my v.a. loan i was hoping to get.

i just did not know ,seems like the v.a. and social security would get together and deduct this for you to start with.i am screwed now as far as getting a v.a. loan to get a house,which i have dreamed about all my life.

i just did not know ,and i hope i keep someone else from making the same mistake. i would have paid them if i had known ,especially if it hurt my credit.

[Pete53]

If you are paid SSI and you get other income does not matter from where you would have to pay back unless they just overlook it. SSI is for disabled with little or no income.

SSI is like a Veterans pension but a lot less money