With one rare exception, you cannot collect retirement and disability benefits from Social Security at the same time. Social Security retirement benefits are for people who have worked all their lives and reached full retirement age, which is 66 1/2 years as of 2019....
If you are a current or former service member collecting Social Security disability, you do not need to worry about whether the military finds out about you collecting SSI. Receiving Social Security disability — either Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or Social...
The United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is a Cabinet-level government agency that administers a number of services for our nation’s service members. It began in 1930 when President Franklin Roosevelt signed a bill creating the Veterans...
The VA helps with a number of home improvement costs for qualifying veterans. But, as of December 2018, it no longer provides grants for walk-in tubs. This change comes courtesy of Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Directive 1113.74, which updates the VA’s...
If you served in the National Guard or National Guard Reserve and suffered a disabling medical condition in the course of your service, you may be eligible to collect VA disability benefits. Your eligibility depends on your length of service and duty status as well as...
