The Social Security Administration denying Veterans benefits in record numbers: WHY we ask are there so many HOMELESS Veterans

Personally I find this whole process to be bogus and depressing. If you have depression already, this process just adds to the problem. Their whole position on the matter is to deny everyone. VA doctors send you to the SSA to apply and you get the run around, and we ask why? are there so many homeless veterans. They would rather sleep on the streets, than to be belittled talked down too.

NO VETERAN SHOULD HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS SITUATION OF JUST BEING ANOTHER NUMBER!

The Many Ways to Define Disability

If you are wondering why the V.A. has approved you for disability benefits, but you got a Social Security Disability denial, the answer may lie in the fact that every government agency and private insurance company has its own definition of disability. Some of the public agencies are state workers compensation, state or county public assistance programs, the Veteran’s Administration, commonly known as the V.A., and the Social Security Administration. Some agencies even have more than one definition of disability, depending on the age of the claimant or other factors.

The Social Security Disability Definition

If you are a disabled worker, to be eligible for Social Security Disability, you must meet Social Security’s definition of disability, which is not the same as the V.A.’s definition. Social Security requires that you be unable to engage in substantial gainful activity in any type of job you have held in the past or, if you are under age fifty, in any other job you can perform. As of 2014, “substantial earnings” was generally defined as $1,800.00 for blind individuals and $1,070.00 for everyone else. You may have been approved for V.A. disability and denied Social Security Disability because Social Security does not make partial disability determinations and the V.A. does. For example, if the V.A. finds you to be 55% disabled, then they will pay you 55% of the full benefit. In contrast, Social Security does not pay such partial benefits. If you are able to earn substantial earnings, as defined by Social Security, then you are not eligible for benefits even if you have lost 55% of your function.