I Am A Rated 100% Disabled Vet, Question About Social Security?

It would not affect anything. you would receive both your VA comp and SSD. You however would make too much income to recieve SSI, which is fine 100% VA is much better than SSI anyways. If you are combat injured make sure you apply for CRSC(combat related special compensation), they have extended it to disability retirees (are you a military retiree) I'm guessing that @ 100% VA you will most likely be over 30% DoD.

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oh ps.. tax exempt on both...

make sure to check your local state benefits for 100%

for example I"m in TN and I got a perm hunting fishing lisence

also exempt property tax if it's combat related

perm Dis Vet tag

or perm Purple Heart tag if you have one...

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VA Comp and SSDI do not affect each other. About a month before your birthday each year you should receive a statement from Social Security that tells you want you would receive if you were to retire that year. It will also list the amount you would receive in Disability payments.

Now, here's the tricky part. In the filing of a SSDI claim, Social Security will not look at what you receive from the VA, but the VA will look at SSDI. Stupid, I know. If you are 100% and absolutely can not work in any way what so ever, like TBI to the point where they water you once a day and stick you by a window for sunlight, then you will get SSDI no problem. If you can demonstrate any type of working skills, such as typing on a computer (hint, hint) you will have to jump through their hoops to prove otherwise. All in all If they deny your claim, which about 98% of all SSDI claims are, you must file an appeal. The backlog on appeals is taking about twenty three months.

You have two routes you can take to file an SSDI claim.

1.) Hire a Lawyer. If you win your case the SSA will pay your legal fees up to $5300.00. Any amount fees above that come out of your pocket. (I had to paid an additional $200.00 to my lawyer. No big deal).

2.) Call the DAV and they will do it all for free.

There is a ton of paperwork (really big understatement) involved and if you don't dot every i and cross every t, they will send it all back to you to do over. You have to give details answers to the questions and medical evidence to back it up. My advise, get one of the two above to do it for you.

If you do win your claim they will pay you from the date you first filed. I got something like twenty grand in back pay.

Speaking to a friend of mine who is 100 percent disabled: If they don't ask, don't tell !

If you received Social Security Disability before you received V.A. disability, then you do not have to voluntarily discontinue your Social Security Disability. As my friend was told by the V.A. Mental Health Clinic: Don't worry about it. You payed for it many times more than you will ever receive back.

Example: If you were receiving SS disability. And the VA approved you with a small percent disability compensation. That small VA check wouldn't support you on it alone. So you would continue your SS disability.

Later on the VA approves you for a bigger percentage disability. Now what percentage of VA disability do you drop the SS disability. You don't.

If this bothers your conscious, try asking the VA and the Social Security anomalously. Or save your SS checks under a family member's name so they cannot see you building wealth.

As I observe our Government awarding Social Security to Non Deserving Illegal Immigrants, I do not see them going broke as they threaten.

A watch the VA spending countless money on out Veterans showing that they aren't hurting either.

Enjoy your well deserved retirement.

Dealing with VA was a waiting game, but there were no insurmountable obstacles, and this is from the point of view of someone rated at 60% disabled due to PTSD. I am also rated at 30% disabled due to Agent Orange related cancer. However, I am being paid at the 100% rate due to un-employability based on my PTSD, and some of the medications I'm on for depression, anxiety, sleep disorder, etc.

I applied for SSDI several years ago; I was actually surprised at the relative ease of the process. (This could be due to being "conditioned" by the VA process. The biggest hurdle for me was patience and time, but I figured that the longer it takes, is just more money in the bank.

The problem with dealing with two entirely separate entities should come as no surprise; you're dealing with two separate bureaucracy's, neither of which could count backwards from 10 without it being written down (and approved) in advance.

My particular problem was SSDI sent me a notice stating that they were going to deduct $104.00 per month for Medicare Part D. I don't believe that I should be liable for that, since I'm receiving all the medical care I need from V.A. I called VA first, but got nowhere; next I called SSDI, who said I can withdraw, but if VA decides at any point that they want my Medicare Part D, I can be fined for every month they should have received it.

I'm not trying to be difficult here, but things do, "...get complicated" when I'm under pressure due to PTSD; sometimes to the point where I take a little "vacation" at Jack H Wisby JR, PTSD Center at the Batavia, NY, VA Center. It's embarrassing, when I can feel the pressure building up, and I can't stop it, or get to VA in time to prevent a crises in time. Thank God for my wife, anti-anxiety medication, and my ability to recognize the signs of impending disaster. But damn SSDI for not caring whether or not I'm approaching crises state or not. So, SSDI says, "you can withdraw" when you want. VA says, you don't need Medicare, but some fellow vets say, they're (VA) going to demand repayment from SSDI.

This is a long post, and it's in reply to old posts, so I don't know if it will even be seen. Just in case though, any advice?

I don not want Soc Sec Disability. I want my standard retirement Soc Sec that I am entitled to after 65 years old. Do I qualify to receive it if I am 100% VA disabled?

how much can I get