If you improve medically, Social Security may review your entitlement. Social Security calls this a “Continuing Disability Review (CDR). In fact, the law requires Social Security to do a review every three years unless they determine that you have a condition that is not expected to review. It is hard to say whether everyone on disability is actually reviewed. But it is best to stay in continuing treatment to be able to show that you are still disabled.
If you are on SSI and your financial situation improved, you may no longer be entitled to benefits. Social Security also will periodically “redetermine” income, resource and living arrangements for individuals receiving SSI. Again it is hard to say how often this happens but Social Security tries to do these reviews (which they call redeterminations) once every one to six years. For a child, the SSI benefit will be “redetermined” the month before the child turns 18. At that point, Social Security will use the adult definition of disability, not the child definition. So once you turn 18, you have to show you are unable to work because of your medical conditions.
Need more help? Use the link below and send us your contact information for an initial free consultation or call us at 1-800-481-0302.
Will they take away my benefits someday?
Copyright 2010 Texas Disability Advocates. All rights reserved.
