SSI back payment upon the successful appellate decision in my case I was to receive three years of back payments. I only got about ten months of back payments. I was given $5200.00 some odd dollars at the time I first applied the three years prior by SSA for reasons unaccounted for by SSA. Well I didn't spend any of that money due to not wanting to be responsible for over payment penalties. At the completion of appeal hearing I was penalized for not spending the unaccounted funds given to me by SSA. Can I be now given the twenty-five some odd months of uncollected back payments?

Hi. There isn't nearly enough information in your question for me to be able to tell you whether or not you may be eligible for additional benefits. What I can tell you is that the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program does not pay benefits for any months prior to the month that a person applies for benefits. And, they couldn't pay you for any month earlier than when you were determined to have become disabled. So, any back pay for which you would be eligible could not extend any further back than the later of a) the date that you were determined to have become disabled, or b) the date of your application for SSI.

If you believe that you weren't paid accurately, then you may be able to file for a further appeal. For more information, refer to the following Social Security website: https://www.ssa.gov/apply/appeal-decision-we-made.

Best, Jerry