Iam on ssdi and working part time.what happens to the pay roll taxes the deduct from my pay check.will they add them to ,my work credits even though i eary retired and if they due will i enventually get a raise?

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Hi Larry. My mom was a teacher for the State of Ohio for the past 13 years. Prior to that, she paid into Social Security through jobs she worked her entire adult life. But during her last 13 years of work, she paid into the Ohio pension system, not SS. About nine months ago (she was then 64), she was hospitalized and we began to understand that she has early-onset dementia, a diagnosis that took months of testing to verify. She can't work and we've had to move her into assisted living. The decline has been rapid, and we're still trying to get her benefits.

How can I know if my father's SSI and SSDI benefits have converted to Social Security Retirements benefits? He is turning 67 this August. He understood from a letter he received that if he applied for retirement he would only received what he is entitle do to his benefits (which is only $300) but he would loose is SSDI income.
Thank you.

Hi,

My horrible situation started years ago when my now deceased husband got sick with liver disease. I / we finally won his case in federal court at age 53 we were together for 25 years married 12. I got hurt on the job 3 accidents and after the 3rd on e made them fill out a report it was the most flawed system I have ever seen I had shoulder surgery in 2010 and W/C waited until 2014 to approve my second shoulder surgery.

I am 60 yr old female. Divorced. Receiving alimony. I have health issues and cannot work. I recently applied for social security disability. I have worked since teenager. Will that affect my alimony?

Hi,

I'm unable to answer that question. I assume that it would depend on the terms specified in your divorce settlement.

I can tell you that your alimony won't affect your ability to receive Social Security disability benefits, nor your benefit amount.

Best, Jerry

My ex-wife, born July 1, 1950, was drawing disability for 18 months prior her full retirement age. She suspended her benefits before converting to regular benefits on her account and filed for ex-spousal benefits on my account. After approving her spousal benefits last year, they are now reversing their position saying she is not entitled to draw off my account and let hers grow because she was on disability.Is this accurate. I do not believe they are correct.

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I have been receiving SSD since 2006 & will be 65 this August. I have recovered enough to become gainfully employed so need to notify SSA I no longer need to receive benefits. My FRA is 66. My former spouse of 20 years has earned considerably more than myself. Next year, I would like to suspend my own SS benefits and file on his until I'm 70. A number of things I have read on this website concern me: having to repay SSD if I no longer need benefits, not being able to file on former husbands earnings record and suspending my benefits til 70.

Hello Larry, I became disabled in 2015. I am struggling to be able to even work part time while collecting disability. At the moment all I am about to get is my RDSI or SSDI. I am only getting $933 a month. Is there anyway I can see about requesting an increase in my RDSI or SSDI, I know that my condition will not get any better. I was awarded my disability by a judge at 32 years old, I'm currently 34 so I know I won't get any retirement benefits for almost another 32 years or so.

I know some people received back money when there disability came affect for them . Then why some do not?

Hi,

The factors involved in determining whether or not a person is due back pay are a) the onset date of their disability, b) their filing date, and c) the date that their claim is finally approved.

Larry, I've got a rather complicated SSDI question. I retired from my career in 2012, and became self employed. I was self employed till August 2016, at which point I became disabled and unable to work. Note that I had a net loss for every tax year of my self employment through the end of tax year 2016. This year, 2017, would have been the first year that I turned a profit.