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H.R. 2943, The Benefit Rating Acceleration for Veteran Entitlements Act of 2007 (2 comments ↓ | 3 wiki edits)
H.R. 2943 would amend titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act to provide for treatment of disability rated and certified as total by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs as disability for purposes of such titles.
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Jay
I hope this gets passed. Veterans rated 100% by the VA who can not work should be awarded SSDI without having to wait 2-3 years for the decision. This is a good bill. Thank You Veterans for your support and Thanks to Rep. John Sarbanes for thinking of them!
TERRY
MY FIRST WIFE WAS RATED 100% BY BOTH THE ARMY AND THE VA FOR LUEKEMIA CAUSED BY AGENT ORANGE CONTACT AS AN ER NURSE IN VIETNAM .SOCIAL SECURITY SAID NO DISABILITY UNTIL SEE HAD A BLAST CRISIS THEN AFTER ONE YEAR SHE WOULD BE CONSIDERED FOR A 100 RATING OF COURSE THE BLAST CRISIS MARKED THE BEGINING OF THE END AND SHE WAS DEAD IN LESS THAN 2 WEEKS.THIS BILL WOULD PREVENT SUCH INJUSTICE AND THE 4 YEARS SHE LIVED BEFORE THE CRISIS IN HER WEAKENED CONDITION COULD HAVE BEEN WITH A FEW EXTRA THINGS THE SOCIAL SECURITY MONEY COULD HAVE PROVIDED.