Hi. I am currently on Social Security Disability for the past 4 years. I’m 59 yeats old. My Spouse just died this October. I called Social Security and then had to be called back weeks later. I asked the girl since I’m on Social Security Disability already can I apply for Widower Benefits. She said I would have to be reevaluated again for SSDI. She said why don’t you just wait until you turn 60 then you can get it automatically. Is this true?

I've been disabled since 2003 and I turned 50 in 2020. I draw widow's benefits from my deceased husband. If I remarry will I loose my widow's benefits. I draw my social security disability and my widow's benefits and I just started receiving my widow's benefits October of 2021

Asking for my mother...

Ok Larry a friend of mine received ssdi from her benefits for 30 yrs. She now reached her full retiremen is she entitled tomore money plus widows which she has been collecting for 30 yrs

Hi. The rate of your friend's Social Security disability (SSDI) benefit won't change when she reaches full retirement age (FRA). SSDI benefits automatically convert to regular Social Security retirement benefits when a person reaches FRA, but their monthly benefit rate stays the same.

I am 58 years old. I have been on disability for about a year. Social Security backdated my claim to when I applied which makes it not quite three years of payments altogether. My husband was also on Social Security disability for about four years. He has passed away and I have applied for his benefits and I was denied except for $255 death benefit. I was told that was all I qualified for. It is my understanding that that if I was on disability and at least the age of fifty that I would get his benefits. Which one is correct?

I'm receiving disability payments for myself for about 10 years or more. My husband passed away last June of 2020. He was working up until he died and was the main wage earner. They said I could only get the difference between my disability and what he would have gotten. That came to additional $10 a month. Why isn’t there more help for disabled widows and why can’t they get more?

Hi Larry. Could you please explain widow survival benefits when the surviving spouse is disabled before age 60 and has not ever received any sort of disability/nor ever applied on their own record (not eligible) or SSI? I don’t understand what it means that you are eligible at age 50 if the disability occurred within 7 years of spouses death. How is the date of disability decided? My husband and I have been married almost 30 years, and I’m only 50 while he is 65 and retiring next year. I became disabled a year ago.

I'm am currently recieving SSDI under my deceased husbands benefits. Approximately 2 years know. My husband Jim passed 4 years ago. question is: If I were to remarry would I lose my survivor's benefits? I've "heard" I have to be widowed a certain amount of years before I could remarry or I would lose them. TY Kathy

My spouse was awarded SSDI after he was deceased. He had already retired, but then applied for SSDI. About 1 year later I became disabled and now receive SSDI based off of my record. I applied for disabled widow benefit, yet do not receive an amount that would equal the higher of the two (mine is 1661 and he made 2570. I receive 600 from his). Why would this be?
Also, will benefits be forever reduced?

Hi my husband passed away October 2020 he was on ssdi. I am also on ssdi with a much lower benefit than his and I applied for ssdi widow benefits end of October. It is now March 29 and I am still waiting for an answer. I am 58 years old my husband was 60 when he died. How long does this usually take? Ssdi told me their waiting on my doctor reports. Thanks