Claim: "If you were in the military before 2002 you get an additional $1,200 a year,  in Social Security. But you have to ask for it and almost no one knows about it."
Fact-check: Veterans don't get extra $1,200 a year from Social Security
Verdict: barely-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Monique Curet
Date published: 2021-12-01T00:00:00