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This date DDS establishes the person became disabled taking into account medical and non medical factors.
Date of Disability Onset (established Onset Date - EOD)
These types of payments from your employer are excluded from being counted as substantial gainful activity
Sick Pay
Vacation Pay
Short Term/Long Term Disability
The amount of months in the Disability waiting period
5 full months
Name a disability that is an exception to the Medicare waiting period
Lou Gehrigs's disease
End Stage Renal Disease
This is where you transfer a case to for Disability if Railroad Board is involved instead of DDS.
Great Lakes Processing Center (PC5)
These are mandatory tools that you should be using for each Disability case prior to taking the application
DIBWIZ
DISCO
How many months after the Date of Entitlement to Disability does Medicare begin for the beneficiary.
On the 25th month
(24 month waiting period)
Processed in an expedited manner at all levels of application and adjudication. Example: Stage 4 Cancer
TERI
This form is where you document any work activity after the Alleged Onset Date
SSA-821 or SSA-820
Don't forget to also complete the SSA-823!!
The day the person alleges they became disabled
Alledged Onset Date
The amount of months for a DIB claim to have possible retroactive benefits from the date of filing
12 months
Although excluded for being counted towards the Substantial Gainful Activity amount (SGA), this type of payment may affect your monthly payment if approved. Even if paid in a lump sum prior to filing for Disability.
Worker's Compensation
This is the earliest possible date a person is disabled based on non-medical factors and is determined by SSA.
Potential Onset Date
The amount considered as Substantial Gainful Activity for 2024
$1550.00
The amount of months for retroactive T16 benefits from the date of filing
Zero
If an individual is making over SGA at the time of application, we look at these things to possibly decrease the amount of their countable earnings
IRWE (Income related work expenses)
Subsidies
Reduction in work
The number that we use in the Monthly Earnings Conversion formula to get a more accurate number.
4.333
The amount of Trial Work Months that an individual receives after their disability starts and they are making over $1140.00 per month (2024)
9 months
This form must be completed along with the SSA-3368 in order to obtain permission for the beneficiaries Medical Records. This form can either be wet signed or attested to.
SSA-827 Authorization to disclose information to SSA
In this exception, a person who stops or reduces their work within 60 months of their disability termination receives a 6 month provisional payment while a decision is being made by DDS.
Expedited Reinstatement