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I received my decision fully favorable, got back pay mailed out and now know my monthly benefits from ssd. I received a phone call yesterday from ssd worker who set up an appointment for me to come in to add my 5 sons on and he informed me I will get a little more for them he said around 60.00 because I receive ssd and workers comp. Does anyone know if it would be 60.00 for all 5 or 60.00 for each kid. Wasn't expecting to get anything more but glad my sons will get a little extra it can never be enough with kids, especially teenagers. Thanks everyone. :grouphug:

Congrats on your success of receiving SSD! I can't answer your question, but will be watching to see if anyone else can. According to my case worker, the only thing left they are waiting on, is the final paperwork from one of my doctors. Everything else has already been approved. She said normally, they would send me to see one of their doctors first to let him run his own tests, but I told her I have an SCS implant and can't be x-rayed, MRI'd, CT'd, or anything else!!!! LOL She said she would skip that part. Anyway, I will be watching because I have 5 kids of my own - and this could be interesting . . . At any rate, I hope that whatever you get, will be more than enough to help you get by. Good Luck!

SS allows you to collect 80% of your former gross wages in TOTAL benefits. First deduct WC. Then deduct SSDI.

SSDI for a child can be up to 50% of your SSDI benefit. You don't receive more for additional children, the amount is split, and the offset still applies, in fact the children's benefits will be reduced before the applicant.

There is also a COLA to factor. So, every year benefits can go up slightly.

The payment is supposed to go directly into the child's account.

I'm not sure if it's $60 or $300. Hopefully someone else can answer that. Or you can find out at your appointment. You will need to keep records of how the money was spent.

What happens if your last job was only a part-time job (less than 20 hours a week) because my physical limitations dictated the amount of time I was able to work? Am I only going to get 80% of $7.00 an hour at 15 hours a week?
I sure hope not! My last job I had before my body started shutting down was a whole other story! I'll take 80% of that!!

The 80% is a maximum benefit amount INCLUDING Work Comp.

You can ask SS what your monthly SSDI benefit would be.

They are supposed to tell me once I qualify. I was just trying to get a sneak peak!

In computing your monthly benefit, it is your lifetime earnings that are indexed and averaged (AIME - Average Indexed Monthly Earnings). Zero years are counted as well as high earning years. Then, there are various percentages applied to that amount to determine the Primary Insurance Amount (PIA) and also is used to compute the Family Maximum. Once the PIA is determined, then Average Current Earnings (recent earnings) is determined. The combination of worker's comp and SSDI cannot be more than 80% of average current earnings. But it is all subject to the AIME, the lifetime earnings computation.

Thanks everyone, I have an appointment on May 31 and I will find out then. I think it will be around $100 more a month which will always help with 5 growing boys. Thanks for all the responses they are appreciated.:)