Posted on Mar 23, 2016
Should veterans and retirees be "Triple Dipping?"
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We hear about how all these Vets are triple dipping, but I don't think people are educated on how hard it actually is to do this, and how very small of a percentage of people can qualify to do this.
You have to meet all of these requirements: Serve over 20 years, receive a 50% or more VA Rating, be deemed unemployable or 100% disabled by the VA, AND qualify for SSI benefits.
You have to meet all of these requirements: Serve over 20 years, receive a 50% or more VA Rating, be deemed unemployable or 100% disabled by the VA, AND qualify for SSI benefits.
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Posted 8 y ago
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well, theres serving active for a term or two, then switching to reserve or guard to retirement, and getting a civil service job (city, county, state, federal, or other job that counts your active time for retirement), and your active duty time counts toward your reserve retirement AND your civilian retirement.
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I don't meet all those requirements. I meet some of them, and receive concurrent retirement and disability compensation. The total amount is only slightly more than my pension alone. The biggest difference is, the portion that is disability is not taxed. I do not receive SSI. For those who truly meet all the requirements, you're welcome to what you receive, fir you must be in a world of pain.
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Right now between my VA & SSDI I make more than I did when I was in. I would be triple dipping had I made 20. I was a little over half way there.
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If the federal government is not smart enough to fix these kinds of loopholes that it created, go for it, I sure the Hell did!!!
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Yeah, and you paid taxes on your lemonade stand from Fifth Grade, too, I be, right Lavoris!?! if you're that untrustworthy around convenience stores, you best stay out of them, genius!!
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