Social Security disability pay after accident, how much?

Question

Anybody have a similar situation? Know how to figure out how much back pay and monthly you will receive? Husband was making around 60,000 a year supporting myself and four children. A year ago he had an accident and had to have hip replacement. The surgery did not fix problem and he had to have another one to replace entire hip now. hes been out fo work for over a year and can never go back to his former work. How much will we get? We recently filed after burning our savings and I am working now but not making near enough to support us all. is there a formula for finding out how much we can expect to be paid back disability and then monthly?

Answer 1

Your husband gets a statement from SSA every year that lists all income that has been reported to them plus estimates of how much money might be payable in retirement or if he becomes disabled. These are only estimates but in my son's case his estimate was very close to what he's collecting.

You committed a serious error in waiting to file, however. You cannot be paid benefits prior to the original application date except in extremely restricted circumstances that do not apply in your case. In fact, for the first 3 months following the application you cannot be paid anything even if the claim is ultimately approved.

Once his claim is approved, the SSA will roll the clock forward 3 months forward from the application date and send you a catch-up payment that will cover you from that date through the current month. He'll then start receiving regular payments on your assigned payment date the month FOLLOWING the current month.

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Answer 2

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Answer 3

Sorry for your troubles.

The social security people will evaluate his claim, and if they approve it, benefits will be based on his payments into social security, not his income immediately before the accident. No way to tell from your question how much that will be, but it isn't likely to be anywhere near what he was making.

You say he can't go back to his former work. If he's able to do other types of work, his claim won't necessarily be approved.

If the claim is approved, you can be paid back to when you filed the claim, not back to the date of the original disability.

See ssa.gov for more info.

Good luck.

Answer 4

You need to talk to a lawyer who specializes in disability. This is NOT legal advice.

You said that he can not return to his prior job, and thus will make a lot less per year.
You're working, but can't make enough to make ends meet,

Our compoany has many husband and wife teams. There was an article about one single mom who lived in a relatively poor states, but made over $100,000 per year. If he or you just made 1/2 or 1/3 of that combined with the tax savings of a home-based business, then it could help you a lot right?

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However, I hear that it can take up to 2 years from when you file to get it started, and then you get the back payments. Expect to get denied on the first application.
You can talk to the Social Security Administration for some answers, but they can't give you legal advice either.

Was the accident job-related or of the job like a car wreck or fall?

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