2 Married Vets He Is 70%/ 100% Iu She Is 30%

[halos2]

Friend asked question: both vets. He 70% but at 100% IU, she is 30%. If he passes away can she get DIC on his compensation? Also she wants to know, he gets $400 per month more, can she get SSDI on him instead of her own which is less? She hopes this doesn't happen but both are in 60's and she didn't know if there were income restrictions on either or both.

Edited April 29, 2009 by halos2

[Philip Rogers]

A claimant can only receive one Social Security check, except if their SS benefit is currently less than $674 monthly. Supplemental Security Income (SSI) currently pays $674 a month and is means based. A claimant receiving less than $674 monthly from SS could be supplemented up to that amount, by SSI but both payments combined cannot equal more than $674, monthly.

SSDI pays the same amount that a claimant would have received had they retired at the full retirement age. SSDI payment is converted at full retirement age from the SSDI account to SS retirement account. At full retirement age a claimant on SSDI could return to work w/o fear of losing their SS benefit.

A widowed spouse can collect on their own acct (if qualified) or at age 60, (age 50 if disabled) on their late spouses account. SS will pay the higher amount but they can request the lower amount, if desired. Divorced claimants can collect against their deceased former spouses account, if married to them for 10yrs or more.

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[halos2]

Thanks Philip, As my 2:25 pm post yest I said I heard that there would be one check, for the spouse, the larger amount...then I got alot of info from some great people and man my head was spinning...now it reverts back to what I was told...one check for ssa or ssdi or in the event ssi is too low then ssa will add enough to bring the person out of the poverty level..And that is the rest of the story. Did read it on ssa.gov site too. Thank you to all who posted here to clarify/add/delete/assist/rectify this question. I noticed with pensions they jack people out of what they should receive and lessen some with offsetting. Thats not right, but is the gov????

Our county has maybe 10,000 people and the towns here have from 12 people to 92, to 144, and up, so you see I am somewhat in the boondocks.

Some people just don't get out or don't know who to go to to ask questions, so I basically volunteer, can you tell it?

A claimant can only receive one Social Security check, except if their SS benefit is currently less than $674 monthly. Supplemental Security Income (SSI) currently pays $674 a month and is means based. A claimant receiving less than $674 monthly from SS could be supplemented up to that amount, by SSI but both payments combined cannot equal more than $674, monthly.

SSDI pays the same amount that a claimant would have received had they retired at the full retirement age. SSDI payment is converted at full retirement age from the SSDI account to SS retirement account. At full retirement age a claimant on SSDI could return to work w/o fear of losing their SS benefit.

A widowed spouse can collect on their own acct (if qualified) or at age 60, (age 50 if disabled) on their late spouses account. SS will pay the higher amount but they can request the lower amount, if desired. Divorced claimants can collect against their deceased former spouses account, if married to them for 10yrs or more.

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