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Home » Benefits & Compensation » Social Security Benefits » Other Social Security Benefits Available to Service Members & Veterans
Receive expedited processing of disability claims from Social Security as a military service member. Benefits available through Social Security are different than those from the Department of Veterans Affairs and require a separate application.
You may qualify for Social Security or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) disability benefits if you are considered “legally blind.” You are considered legally blind if your vision cannot be corrected to better than 20/200 in your better eye, or if your visual field is 20 degrees or less.
Special benefits are available to certain World War II Veterans, including Veterans who served in the active U.S. military from September 16, 1940 - July 24, 1947, and Filipino Veterans who served in the organized military of the Philippines from July 26, 1941 - December 30, 1946 (while those forces were in the service of the U.S. Armed Forces). Download the fact sheet.
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