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impairments could not receive disability benefits because they had not worked long enough on social security covered jobs. Military service time counts as social security covered employment, the same as almost all other employment. Before February 1968, young disabled men and women needed the same social security credits as older disabled people. Almost everyone needed social security credits for at least five out of ten years immediately before he became disabled.
“Unfortunately,” Mrs. Daly said, “many young workers and veterans never had a chance to work long enough, including their time in service, to meet this five-year work requirement. But now, younger people disabled between their 24 th and 31st birthday need credits for only half of the time between age 21 and the time they became disabled.” Here is an example Mrs. Daly gave:
A person who became disabled on his 25th birthday, now needs only two years of social security work* credits instead of the five years that were needed before this year. For anyone disabled before age 24, the social security work credit requirement is even less. It may be just one and one-hal^years of work credits out of the three-year period ending when the disability began.
Mrs. Daly advised all disabled veterans and other younger
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