- Joined
- Feb 9, 2013
He's eligible. You can get SSDI on your parents credits in some situations.How does Chris have SSDI? Chris never worked long enough to pay in 6 quarters of FICA, which is the absolute minimum requirement for SSDI.
Did Bob somehow finagle a benefit for Chris that Chris wasn't actually eligible for?
The SSDI program pays benefits to adults who have a disability that began before they became 22-years old. We consider this SSDI benefit as a “child’s” benefit because it’s paid on a parent’s Social Security earnings record. For a disabled adult to become entitled to this “child” benefit, one of his or her parents:
These benefits also are payable to an adult if he or she is disabled at age 18, and if they received dependents benefits on a parent’s Social Security earnings record prior to age 18. We make the disability determination using the disability rules for adults. SSDI disabled adult “child” benefits continue as long as the individual remains disabled. Your child doesn’t need to have worked to get these benefits.
- Must be receiving Social Security retirement or disability benefits; or
- Must have died and have worked enough to qualify for Social Security.
It's hard to find explicit information on these issues on the SSA's official website. They generally tell you when there are restrictions on a given program, but they're not very explicit when you need to know when such restrictions aren't in place.There are still limits, they're just nowhere near as strict as SSI.
There's a time limit to dispose of assets above a certain amount, or you can face being removed from SSDI, since if you can support yourself to the point where you can save x dollars, then you must not need the assistance.
It varies state by state.
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This applies to "invisible disabilities", not physical ones. No idea how that works.
This site tells me that there is no asset limit for SSDI. I don't know how accurate that is.