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today’s topic

the VA disability versus Social Security

how do they affect each other VA

disability offset Social Security or

vice versa

down here on my YouTube channel eight

days ago I did a video a VA disability

combined pay VA versus Social Security

and what that was focused in on was the

combined pay that you’ll receive with

the upcoming Cola changes cost of living

adjustments but since I did that video

I’ve had a couple of comments asking me

hey Brian can you explain the difference

between VA disability and Social

Security Disability as far as offsets is

there any how does it affect us well I

lose my VA will I lose my Social

Security but how do social security

benefits work what types are there let’s

find out

most people tell you there’s four type

of Social Security benefits retirement

disability survivors and supplemental

security income but I’m going to throw

in Medicare as well because it’s Social

Security that enrolls you in original

Medicare part A and Part B so those are

the benefits that come out of the Social

Security Administration but today we’re

going to only going to focus in on three

of those retirement disability and

supplemental your ssrb we’re going to

call it Social Security retirement

benefits Social Security disability

insurance and supplemental security

Insurance SSI let’s get to the first two

Social Security retirement benefit and

Social Security disability insurance

that’s real simple they don’t affect

each other VA disability is an unearned

income it does not affect

ssrb or SSDI

I’m gonna use myself as an example I’m

100 PMT when I get 62 years old I’m

gonna start drawing Social Security ssrb

if I thought I was eligible for

disability insurance on the Social

Security program I would have to apply

separately that’s a process once you go

through that the Social Security

Administration determines whether you’re

disabled under their rules or not you’re

either all the way disabled or all the

way not

want to use myself as another example I

had to file for Social Security

disability insurance when I was retired

from the federal technician program I

worked for OPM the office of personnel

management retired on a disability it

was mandatory that I filled out the

paperwork and filed for Social Security

disability insurance upon retiring I was

denied the reason is I can do things

like I’m doing right now sitting in

front of this camera talking to you I’m

earning I don’t know anywhere from 50 to

100 a month now on YouTube thank you

very much like And subscribe please it

helps every dollar counts these days

but that’s how I do know a little bit

about social security disability but my

VA check in no way shape or form is

going to affect that paycheck if I were

to get it

and vice versa if I get Social Security

disability insurance it doesn’t affect

my VA disability paycheck

but let’s move on to the only one left

supplemental security Insurance SSI

they affect each other

yes well I’ll put it like this SSI does

not affect your VA check it could be the

other way around your monthly VA

disability check albeit it’s unearned

does not matter in the eyes of Social

Security Administration SSI does not

matter whether it’s earned or unearned

if you see the board behind me it says

situational what does that mean I

literally called the Social Security

Administration this morning you know why

because I am not and Social Security

expert I don’t claim to be I don’t claim

to be an attorney either don’t want to

be

but if I have a question regarding

Social Security like I did today because

I’ve only got a couple more years and

this is going to start playing into my

finances

so I got on the phone I called the

Social Security Administration let me

show you how I did that whatever device

you’re using you type in ssa.gov it

brings you to the home page you scroll

down to the bottom it’s going to say

contact us you click on that button this

page pops up you scroll down to the

bottom it’s going to say call us

once you reach this page if you look

about halfway down it gives you the

national number but look up your office

locator that’s going to be your local

Social Security office this page pops up

you simply enter your ZIP code click

locate and it’ll give you the local

number to your Social Security

Administration I called my local office

this morning and it was very interesting

like I said I’m not the expert on social

security so I had to call the experts

and I asked them the questions that

we’re talking about right now and her

answer was yep you’re right on Social

Security retirement benefits no effect

no security disability no effect on

supplemental security Insurance here was

the best advice I’ve gotten from anybody

in a long time she said Ryan do not try

to give advice on SSI there’s so many

variables between every single person

out there if you line up 100 different

people there’s going to be 100 different

situations it all depends on this and

that there’s no way that you could give

a blanket statement on here’s the amount

that you’re going to get you’re making

50 VA this is what you’re going to get

there’s no way you can possibly do that

and I completely understand so her

suggestion to everybody on the other end

of this camera is call your local Social

Security Administration make an

appointment see them face to face she

even said things get very muddled over

the phone you want to be sitting across

the desk from somebody with a notepad

and all your information so while I had

a bunch of different web pages pulled up

the more I talked to her I started

deleting those pages and I came up with

this one right here it’s the social

security handbook I’m going to leave a

link to all these pages in the

description below but this one right

here if you look it’s chapter 21 the

supplemental security income the social

security handbook it’s just like the VA

they’re almost just joined at the hip

you’ve got a VA handbook you’ve got a

social security handbook and this is it

and if you look it starts at chapter 21

and it goes into paragraphs 2100 down to

2197

but if you look throughout here it says

resources

income this is the big one how does

income affect SSI benefits how does

income Define

How is income defined for SSI purposes

How is income counted

how or when is income counted so on and

so on and so on I could spend probably a

year going through each one of these but

these are the questions that you’ll want

to go through

the ones that you have in your head jot

them down take those to your Social

Security Administration to a local

representative sit down and discuss

these with them hey can I make this much

money if so how’s it going to affect

this or how much money can I get from

SSI based on the fact that I only make

this much money

2104 when our SSI benefits paid 2105 how

are SSI benefits financed

I believe they’re financed by the

treasury Department I’m not even looking

that up but I think that’s the answer

2110 SSI definitions I bet that one’s a

handy one let’s just pop it open and see

what happens

there you go who is eligible

who’s an eligible spouse eligible

ineligible spouse essential person who

is a child who is a sponsor so on and so

on I can bet 99 of the questions if not

99.9 are right here under the

supplemental security income social

security handbook

so let’s recap Social Security

retirement benefits no effect on each

other with VA and social security

security disability insurance no effect

between VA and Ed

supplemental security Insurance via

disability

yep possibly don’t know how much don’t

know how little

but I’ve given you the information to

get the answers let me reiterate the

Social Security Administration is set up

just like the VA they’ve got

Representatives just like a vso they’ve

got Social Security representatives in

your local offices go talk to them

they’re free no charge

in the meantime if you think you’re

ready for an increase or you’ve got some

secondary conditions that you’re looking

at filing please check out my website

maxva disability.com

check out my five step process how to

start how to get organized how to file a

claim how to prepare for the CNP and how

to take the CNP I’m here to help so I am

starting to think about it much like the

people on the other than this camera it

is going to come into play at some point

but for me unless I need SSI it’s not

going to matter if you’re still watching

this video right now I’ve got to ask a

question please comment away I’ve got

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opinion which one you like best which

one catches your eye the best I want

real live feedback from you guys and

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questions you’ll notice that I’m trying

to get better on answering all those

comments unless you leave a comment that

I can’t read Because you wrote it at two

o’clock in the morning who knows what is

going on uh it’s not understandable try

to get back to most of them okay so

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