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When I left the military on disability, I was also helped to sign up for SSA disability. I received both VA and SSA disability, and the SSA lady that helped me
by ok_dad 4y ago
When I left the military on disability, I was also helped to sign up for SSA disability. I received both VA and SSA disability, and the SSA lady that helped me told me something about how I could work for up to 1 year and still maintain eligibility for SSA. I tried to get a job to see if I could work with my condition, but then SSA reversed course, told me what she said was wrong, and I was ejected from the disability program. I was lucky that my condition was semi-temporary, the VA still supported me, and I could find work which I could do, and thus wasn't put on the street. Now I can work mostly fine, and I don't rely on any disability payment. Other people I talked to had similar stories where they were told one thing by a VA or SSA administrator and later were punished for doing something wrong. Disabled folks and veterans are put through the ringer daily for no good reason.
- killjoywashere 4y ago> Disabled folks and veterans are put through the ringer daily for no good reason. And if you have the audacity to navigate the phone tree to a human and accidentally get off script (i.e. ask them a question that's literally not on their script, which you as the random disabled citizen can't possibly have visibility on), you had better check your privilege. Because they are not going to help you any more. You fell off the last leaf node in their knowledge graph and are now something foreign to them. It can get very Kafka-esque.
- Fatnino 4y ago*wringer