How to Find Out If I Get Back Pay From Social Security
- 1). Read carefully through the Social Security determination letter you receive in the mail. When the SSA approves your eligibility for disability benefits, it sends a letter explaining in detail the amount of money you can receive per month, how it calculates this figure, and the official date for the beginning of your disability period.
- 2). Count six months from the official beginning date of your disability period. This is your waiting period, and you do not get paid for these months. Your benefits begin the first day of the month following the six-month wait.
- 3). Review the date you received your first SSI or SSDI check. If it came later than the seventh month after your disability date, you may deserve back pay.
- 4). Call the Social Security Administration to discuss your concern. Have your determination letter, statements and check stubs handy. Explain the clearly the pay you didn't receive and go through the details of dates and payments with the representative. Alternatively, you can make an appointment with your closest Social Security Administration office to sit down and review everything in person.
- 5). Read your administrative law decision or court ruling if you appealed a Social Security Administration decision. Sometimes applicants and the SSA disagree on when a disability began, and end up in a legal battle. If you win yours, the court or administrative law judge will delineate in writing the correct disability date and back pay due.
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