| If you are a disabled Veteran who is unable to work | | | | eligible for Social Security benefits for Retirement and |
| because of your disability, you can receive Social | | | | Disability. If you have worked and paid Social Security |
| Security disability benefits in addition to your | | | | taxes for at least five years prior to becoming |
| compensation from the Veterans Administration. Here | | | | disabled, you meet the work requirements for Social |
| is all you need to know about Social Security disability | | | | Security disability. Social Security does not pay |
| benefits for Veterans.Members of the armed forces | | | | benefits for partial disabilities like the VA; under Social |
| in the United States pay Social Security taxes on | | | | Security you are 100% disabled or you are not |
| their earnings; because of these taxes Veterans are | | | | disabled at all. |