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In my last blog post, I discussed how a claimant can qualify for Social Security Administration (SSA) Disability Insurance Benefits (DIB); the key issue being how much he or she has paid into the system over the last 10 years.

In an earlier blog post, I detailed what Disability Insurance Benefits (DIB) were in terms of Social Security Administration (SSA) disability benefits.

In my last blog post, I outlined what Compassionate Allowances were -- expedited decisions on applications for Social Security Administration (SSA) disability benefits.

I also pointed out that Compassionate Allowances are not the same thing as Presumptive Benefits, which they are sometimes confused for and vice versa.

As we’ve discussed in earlier blog posts, when you are awarded SSA disability benefits you occasionally will receive a past-due monetary lump sum, i.e. the cumulative monthly money you should have been drawing all along if you were approved at the time you filed your disability claim.  This goes for adults as well as children.

When you or your spouse passes away, your children may be eligible for Survivors Benefits, just as you or your spouse may be eligible for Widow’s Benefits – the subject of my previous blog post.

Some of you may recall my August 5, 2015 blog entry Is the Social Security Administration’s Disability Program Running Out of Money?

The answer is maybe.

If you earn what the Social Security Administration (SSA) calls “substantial income” outside of your benefits, then you might have to pay taxes.

Yes, but it is complicated.

Workers’ Compensation (WC) benefits are those that are paid to an individual who has been injured on the job.  These WC benefits can be both monetary and medical in nature.  The Social Security Administration (SSA) actually has a very informative web page that goes into detail on the subject.

This is not a very popular subject, but it is one that is important to the recipients of SSA disability benefits, their spouses and children.