Easy to get on disability. Just walk in with a bandage on the third finger and you got it. America is F’ed.
In June of 2011 he tried to take a part time job at a local McDonald's. As a good person that he is promptly reported he was taking the job at McD’s to his SS rep. Not a month later, this individual had to go through a SS review to determine if his SSD would continue. He had to see a “shrink” outside of the VA. Before he saw the shrink he quit working at McD’s because of a breach of contract. They decided not to pay him what they agreed to pay him when he was hired. Eventually SS said the benefit could continue.
The point here is that just because you get SS does not mean you will keep SS. Every three years, a person on Social Security has to be reviewed. Social Security tells you the benefit is not a permanent benefit.
When the vet got SSD, he went before judge I believe. The Vet in his younger years has it in his medical record he “abused cocaine”.
(He tried cocaine once and before it was out of his system he tried to commit suicide and then admitted to the hospital. As part of that admittance his blood was tested for drugs and aids. They found coke in his system and the VA claimed he was a drug abuser.)
Because that being in his medical record the SS judge determined that the vet might need a conservator for his SS payments. The judge didn't take into account that the incident happened twelve years prior and not another incident happened between then and time he saw the judge.
The vet was initially turned down for SSD and had to retain a lawyer. In 2001, it was not easy to get SSD as everyone claims it is. In 2011, its still not easy to be on SSD with the SS admin reviewing your case every three years.