Social Security Honors Our Military Heroes

On Memorial Day, our nation honors military service
members who have given their lives to preserve our freedoms. Families, friends,
and communities come together to remember the great sacrifices of military
members and ensure their legacies live on.

The benefits we provide can
help the families of deceased military service members.
For example, surviving spouses and dependent children may be eligible for
Social Security survivors benefits. You can learn more about those benefits at www.ssa.gov/benefits/survivors.

We also offer support to wounded warriors. Social
Security benefits protect veterans when injuries prevent them from returning to
active duty or performing other work. Both the U.S. Department of Veterans
Affairs and Social Security have disability programs. You may qualify for
disability benefits through one or both programs. Read our fact sheet, “Social
Security Disability and Veterans Affairs Disability — How Do They Compare?”
at www.ssa.gov/pubs/EN-64-125.pdf.
Depending on your situation, some members of your family, including your
dependent children or spouse, may be eligible to receive Social Security
benefits.

Wounded military service members can receive quicker
processing of their Social Security disability claims. If you are a veteran
with a 100% Permanent &
Total compensation rating from Veterans Affairs, we’ll
expedite your disability claim.

Thinking about retirement or know a veteran who is?
Military service members can receive Social Security benefits in addition to
their military retirement benefits. For details, visit our webpage for
veterans, available at www.ssa.gov/people/veterans.

Please share this information with the military
families you know. We honor and
thank the veterans who bravely served and died for our country and the military
service members who serve today.