I received a letter from my caseworker and stated sorry to hear the loss of a family member and has my estranged husband. How do I find out if this is correct?

I received a deposit of $141.00 today October 12 can you tell me what this deposit is for?

Hi. No, I have no idea. Sometimes people will receive extra or irregular Social Security benefit payments as a result of benefit recomputations. The most common cause of a recomputation is to include additional earnings that the person had after starting to draw benefits, but I wouldn't have any way of knowing if that's what caused the payment that you received.

Should my live in partner and myself marry after 16 years. He has asked me and I have said yes. We are just dragging our feet on putting together a date to go do it.

So I would still wait with no money for 5 months

Hi. We receive a lot of questions, so I don't know whether or not your question is a follow up to a response to a previous question. In any case, I can't give you any advice if I don't know what your circumstances are.

IAM 67 and only get 170.00 in ss what kind of help can I get? Living with friends trailer got condemned. Thank you.

My payee past away last year and ithey stop my SSI benefits and I just want to know if I still getting my SSI benefits so I can find a new payee

Hi. There's no way to get that information other than by contacting Social Security. Currently your only option is to call Social Security, and the best number to use is 800-772-1213.

Best, Jerry

I keep getting conflicting opinions about my remaining ssdi backpay. Ive gad 5 ss reps tell me i was owed 12005 still.2 reps said im paid in full.how do i find out the truth?

Hi. I'm assuming that you've recently been awarded disability benefits. If you had an attorney handling your claim and/or appeal then the attorney should be able to find out and tell you if you have any back pay coming. Otherwise, it's chancy getting reliable information from Social Security representatives. Some are well trained, and others not so much.

Hi Larry, My former husband may have given up his naturalized USA citizenship. He has been disabled for a long time. Would he need to reply or would he just have to forget it? He has family here in the states. Not even sure he could survive an air flight. He's 61 and owes back child support. Any advice would be appreciated.
Thank You

Can I collect some more Social Security being a retired disabled veteran with income from VA

Hi. Social Security benefits are based on a worker's Social Security covered earnings. The fact that you're collecting VA benefits wouldn't make any difference in your benefit rate, but if you're disabled and if your under full retirement age (FRA) then you may be able to qualify for Social Security disability (SSDI) benefits (https://www.ssa.gov/benefits/disability/).

Best, Jerry

Dear Larry,
I am 68 years old and married. I recently filed for social security and have received my award notices already for myself and my wife. I would like to reconsider this and wanted to change my filing to back date it 6 months from the current month, September and receive a lump sum plus whatever monthly benefit I am entitled to going forward. What form do I use to do this and how do I fill it out? The SS Agent told me to use Form SSA-561-U2 Request for Reconsideration, but this seems like the wrong form. Can you help please. Thank you, Anthony