Wounded Warriors
SOCIAL SECURITY SERVES THOSE WHO SERVE AMERICA
By: Michael Weakland
Social Security Administration Area Director
Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area, Philadelphia Region
Each and every day of the year, Americans in the armed forces serve our nation. At Social Security, we honor our nation’s military personnel and all of America’s veterans.
In fact, military service members receive expedited processing of their disability applications from Social Security. Under an agreement initiated by Social Security, the Department of Defense transmits information that allows us to quickly identify military personnel injured in Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom.
The expedited process is available for any military service member who becomes disabled during active duty on or after October 1, 2001, regardless of where the disability occurs. Depending on the situation, some family members of military personnel also may be able to receive benefits, including dependent children and spouses.
If you, or someone you know, were wounded while on active duty in the military, find out more about what Social Security can do for you by visiting our website designed specifically for our wounded veterans: www.socialsecurity.gov/woundedwarriors.
There, you will find answers to a number of commonly asked questions, as well as other useful information about disability benefits and Supplemental Security Income (SSI). Please pay special attention to the fact sheets available on that website, Disability Benefits for Wounded Warriors and Expediting Disability Applications for Wounded Warriors.
You’ll also find links to useful Veterans Affairs websites. There are links to information about the “Operation Enduring Freedom / Operation Iraqi Freedom Home,” information on Survivors Benefits, the Task Force on Returning Global War on Terror Heroes, a fact sheet on Veterans benefits, and the Veterans On-Line Application, known as VONAPP.
To learn more about Social Security for people who have served in the military, read a copy of our publication, Military Service and Social Security. You can find it online at
www.socialsecurity.gov/pubs/10017.html or call us at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778) to ask us to mail a free copy to you.
Each and every day, the brave men and women of our nation’s armed forces serve us. Social Security salutes everyone who serves.
Here in the Winchester and surrounding areas you can contact the following representative of the Social Security:
Mr. David Melton
Public Affairs Specialist
12 Ricketts Dr.
Winchester, VA. 22601
Office: 866-331-2320 x 29814
Cell: 540-535-5079
Fax: 540-667-7912
“Social Security Benefits America”
The following provides linking icons to Social Security: https://www.socialsecurity.gov/linking/index.html. You’ll note that the icons link people to either our homepage, online retirement estimator, qualify and apply web page, and online claims and services web page.
Our web address is www.socialsecurity.gov. The web address for Wounded Warriors is www.socialsecurity.gov/woundedwarriors.
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ABLE FORCES, INC. – a 501(c) (3) organization, a veteran owned business that offer services for our wounded warriors, through employment for persons with disability with immediate needs of our clients. Skip Rogers and Joe Cunningham, http://ableforces.org. Call 1-540-631-9600.
The following brochure is made available as to what services they can provide for our wounded warriors.
Download Able Forces Brochure.
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