Patients and members in Veteran’s Administration hospitals and domiciliaries do not have the status of employees, which they used to have from January 1, 1951 to December 9, 1962. See Social Security Ruling (SSR) 64-15. I am not sure what this ruling means, but I think it means that any wages such patients and members of the VA earn are not covered by social security but they receive other types of benefits, perhaps through the VA.

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