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Originally Posted by LIT LOVE
There are different rules for SS retirement eligibility and for SSDI eligibility. http://www.ssa.gov/retire2/credits3.htm
I had actually revised my last post on the prior page. Does that help?
Sorry if I'm confusing you.
Here's a link to SS calculators. http://www.ssa.gov/planners/benefitcalculators.htm
What I wanted you to understand from the link was that you apparently have years with no credits and reduced credits. That's likely the ineligibility problem. |
Hi Lit Love,
Thanks for the new link. I have more than the 40 credits needed and also meet the last 5 out of 10 year requirement no matter what my year of disability. There are only 2 years that I did not get the full 4 credits for the year and they do not alter anything regardless of year of disability. I meet the criteria required regardless of my onset date whether it be 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, etc. etc. all the way back to 1978. You can pick ANY 10 year period and I meet the 5 out of 10 criteria. I guess they just made my date last insured, the end of the quarter preceeding my application for benefits. Since they did not have the information for calendar 2012 (before I filed my 2012 tax return) at the time I applied, they just used that date. That is all I can figure. But I came to that conclusion by all the bantering we have been having tonight. Thanks. I think you helped me solve the mystery. Sorry to have imposed upon you.