Can you answer this question for me please? How are you paid concurrent SSDI/SSI benefits? Suppose your SSDI PIA is only $400 of unearned income each month. You meet the financial requirements for SSI. Max SSDI/SSI = SSI FBR + 20 dollars of excluded unearned income for a combined total of $755 (Year 2017) per month max for both of them. $755 - $400 = $355 in SSI payments. Concurrent benefits are paid on the 3rd of each month. My question is do they issue one combined check on the 3rd or two separate checks? Also when you apply for both and your claim has been approved, do you get two approval and two award letters....one for each. I ask this because the medical requirements for SSDI and SSI are the same for both but the non medical requirements are different. Thanks--love reading all the ask Larry's btw!

Hi,

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) is not funded by Social Security taxes, and SSI payments are never combined with Social Security benefit payments. If a person is eligible for both SSI and any type of Social Security benefits, their SSI is paid on the 1st day of the month, or the preceding Friday if the 1st falls on a weekend or Monday holiday. Their Social Security payment is paid on the 3rd day of the month, or the preceding Friday if the 3rd falls on a weekend or Monday holiday.

With regard to your other question, a person filing for both SSI and Social Security disability benefits (SSDI) would receive one award or disallowance notice for each claim. If either claim is disallowed, the notice would explain whether the denial was due to medical or non-medical reasons.

Best, Jerry