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In addition to federal benefits like Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), disabled veterans who have served our country during wartime are also entitled to a pension from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
Contrary to popular belief, a veteran does not have to have a service-connected disability in order to qualify for a VA pension. In fact, any veteran who is either permanently and totally disabled according to the VA, or is receiving Social Security disability benefits, or is residing in a nursing home, or is over 65 can qualify for a pension if she was discharged under conditions other than dishonorable and served for at least one day during wartime. (Veterans who served prior to September 7, 1980, must also have 90 days of active military service; those who served after that date generally must have served 24 months or a full period of active duty service.)
In addition to federal benefits like Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), disabled veterans who have served our country during wartime are also entitled to a pension from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
Contrary to popular belief, a veteran does not have to have a service-connected disability in order to qualify for a VA pension. In fact, any veteran who is either permanently and totally disabled according to the VA, or is receiving Social Security disability benefits, or is residing in a nursing home, or is over 65 can qualify for a pension if she was discharged under conditions other than dishonorable and served for at least one day during wartime. (Veterans who served prior to September 7, 1980, must also have 90 days of active military service; those who served after that date generally must have served 24 months or a full period of active duty service.)
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