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The Four Ways Social Security Disability Benefits End

At our Texas disability benefits law office, we get a lot of questions from clients about how to get Social Security disability benefits. However, although that’s the question on everyone’s mind, it is also important to understand how your disability benefits will eventually come to an end.

Very basically, there are four different ways that Social Security disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits are discontinued by the Social Security Administration:

• The recipient reaches retirement age. When a disabled person reaches the age of 65, he or she will stop receiving disability benefits and begin to receive Social Security Retirement benefits.
  
• The recipient returns to work. If you begin to make enough money to support yourself, you are no longer eligible to collect SSDI benefits – the SSA calls this work Substantial Gainful Activity (SGA). If a recipient would like to try to go back to work, but is unsure if they are able, they may be given a trial work period in which they receive benefits while working.
  
• The recipient’s health improves. A recipient’s medical file will be reviewed periodically to see if his health as improved enough to return to work. How often a case is reviewed depends on the severity of the health condition and whether it is expected to improve. A case may be reviewed as often as every six months or as rarely as every seven years.
  
• The recipient dies. When a person who receives Social Security passes away, the person administering the estate is obligated to contact the nearest Social Security office, inform the SSA of the death, and stop the payments. Collecting the payments after a death is illegal and has serious consequences.
  

It is important to understand that it is unlawful to collect Social Security disability benefits if you are working, if you are able to work, or if you have reached the age of 65. If you are in one of these situations, call your local Social Security office today for more information.

If your Social Security disability case has been reviewed and your benefits have been wrongfully reduced or revoked, you may wish to speak with a Texas Social Security disability attorney. Call Morgan & Weisbrod today to schedule a free consultation.