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If you qualify for both Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits, you can receive payments from both programs at the same time. However, your total payment from both programs cannot exceed the maximum monthly amount currently allowed to SSI beneficiaries.
You may be eligible for SSDI benefits if you have a significant recent work history, and if you have contributed payments to the Social Security fund. You may be eligible for SSI benefits if you have little or no income and few resources – and if you are either disabled or over the age of 65. However, the amount that you can collect is limited to the SSI maximum payment; that is, if the maximum payment is $700, you could receive a combination of disability payments from the two programs, but no more than that amount regardless of your disability or other factors.
Navigating the two disability programs offered by the Social Security Administration (SSA) can be difficult and overwhelming, especially if you are also struggling with serious health conditions. The Houston disability attorneys at Morgan & Weisbrod can help you understand what benefits you are eligible for and what to do in the case that you are wrongfully denied benefits.
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