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 On Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:51:50 -0500, "Eisboch"  wrote:
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 On Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:18:11 -0600, Vic Smith
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I tell you, it was like being in hell.
Waited at 2 different stations, maybe an hour in total.
Seemed like 17 hours.
 Too late now but you can do it all on the telephone.
 Not really.  I did it via wesite and they wanted to see the dd214.  Went
 down and maybe 15 minutes, guy said not really needed, and told me how
 much money you working stiffs were going to send me each month.
What does your DD 214  have to do with SS?
Eisboch
 They can explain better than I:
 http://tinyurl.com/2rc6sh
Thanks.  I am still a few years away from SS, but I'll save and remember 
your link.
Apparently, there are many little known and often unused benefits
available for vets and/or surviving spouses.  My sister, as a result of a 
lot of digging, found an obscure benefit that now provides an extra $1k a 
month in addition to her SS to help pay for assisted living costs.
Eisboch