My mom recently went on a 4 month disability. She is 67 and I was wondering if she is able to collect on both her social security and her disability. She is currently unemployed.
Yes you can.. Do not know why one person said NO as that is FALSE information…
Disability payments from private sources, such as private pension or insurance benefits, do not affect your Social Security disability benefits.
However, workers’ compensation and other public disability benefits may reduce your Social Security benefits. Workers’ compensation benefits are paid to a worker because of a job-related injury or illness. They may be paid by federal or state workers’ compensation agencies, employers or by insurance companies on behalf of employers.
Other public disability payments that may affect your Social Security benefit are those paid by a federal, state or local government and are for disabling medical conditions that are not job-related. Examples are civil service disability benefits, military disability benefits, state temporary disability benefits and state or local government retirement benefits that are based on disability.
If you receive workers’ compensation or other public disability benefits and Social Security disability benefits, the total amount of these benefits cannot exceed 80 percent of your average current earnings before you became disabled.
Im with the first answerer. You cannot claim both. Thats called fraud and being a cheat, scamming the system. She will get caught and have to pay the money back!
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1 Glen R
Yes you can.. Do not know why one person said NO as that is FALSE information…
Disability payments from private sources, such as private pension or insurance benefits, do not affect your Social Security disability benefits.
However, workers’ compensation and other public disability benefits may reduce your Social Security benefits. Workers’ compensation benefits are paid to a worker because of a job-related injury or illness. They may be paid by federal or state workers’ compensation agencies, employers or by insurance companies on behalf of employers.
Other public disability payments that may affect your Social Security benefit are those paid by a federal, state or local government and are for disabling medical conditions that are not job-related. Examples are civil service disability benefits, military disability benefits, state temporary disability benefits and state or local government retirement benefits that are based on disability.
If you receive workers’ compensation or other public disability benefits and Social Security disability benefits, the total amount of these benefits cannot exceed 80 percent of your average current earnings before you became disabled.
2 Oldchook
I have no idea, you would be best to call centre link or social security in your state.
But if your mother is on the age pension already I dont think she can get both.
3 F
Im with the first answerer. You cannot claim both. Thats called fraud and being a cheat, scamming the system. She will get caught and have to pay the money back!