Moderator broncovet Posted January 18, 2020 Moderator Share Posted January 18, 2020 Congratulations! For reasons you posted, I dont tell others about my disabilities or ratings. If they ask, I tell them, "Good". We can have an "income reveal party". Just bring over your W-2's, bank statements, etc., and I will bring mine. Then we can offer suggestions for each other to save money, cut spending, etc. We should call each other whenever considering a large purchase (over 5.00). They wont bring up that topic again. Or, suggest we have our income's "printed on Tshirts". Income (i.e. disabiliity percentage) is a private thing. VA does not make us wear tshirts that say "Im 50 percent disabled". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armyvet05 Posted January 18, 2020 Author Share Posted January 18, 2020 Quick question: Should I get the SSA my VA Award Letter to let them know of the new VA status? Been on SSDI since ‘09 but in 2017, they hit me with a 3 year review. I live outside of the USA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adminstrator ShrekTheTank Posted January 18, 2020 Adminstrator Share Posted January 18, 2020 That is a good question, but I don't know if they put their review off of this. I would think your medical records would show it. I think they both have different rating systems for this. Someone else I am sure will chime in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armyvet05 Posted January 18, 2020 Author Share Posted January 18, 2020 One more question, I’m not covered under VGLI but have kids, would I qualify for the fee waiver? I was rated for a new SC in Sept. 2019 but also, the P&T dated was then, too. The way I read the regs, yes I am eligible to opt in, but the whole P&T waiver pre-dating enrollment doesn’t look likely but i see as with all VA regs, the language is ambiguous. Any thoughts on VGLI? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blahsaysme2u Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 4 hours ago, broncovet said: Congratulations! For reasons you posted, I dont tell others about my disabilities or ratings. If they ask, I tell them, "Good". We can have an "income reveal party". Just bring over your W-2's, bank statements, etc., and I will bring mine. Then we can offer suggestions for each other to save money, cut spending, etc. We should call each other whenever considering a large purchase (over 5.00). They wont bring up that topic again. Or, suggest we have our income's "printed on Tshirts". Income (i.e. disabiliity percentage) is a private thing. VA does not make us wear tshirts that say "Im 50 percent disabled". only problem is that some people figure out your pay just based on your % rating if you talk about it. i diddnt think about that till it was too late! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joni F Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 Yayyyyy!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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