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I have a question that is probably in your website but I cannot find a answer to it. My wife has multiple sclerosis and is in a wheelchair, Was a stay at home mom and when she went back to work was not able to work long enough to get enough quarters in before it got where she just could not work anymore. Been to hearing and still got denied for ss dis. SS agrees that she is disabled but no help.That you know of is there any way that the first part of her work history can be combined with her latter part? If it could she would have plenty of quarters for disability. Here in kansas since she is not receiving any benefits she is not eligable for any help from anybody else. Any ides would be appreciated. She is also 53 years old if that makes a difference. Come to think about it so am I. Thanks for ANY ideas that you might have. I understand what you're saying but social security operates on a DLI basis. DLI stands for date last insured and the way to conceptualize this is to think of your coverage for social security disability benefits as something akin to car insurance. In the same way an auto accident must occur prior to your auto insurance expiration, your disability status must be established prior to your DLI. The DLI, or date last insured, is based on your work earnings and the number of work credits you have. But it is not based on your total number of work credits over the course of your work history, but, rather, on how many credits you have in the last 20 out of 40 quarters (last five out of ten years). So, to answer your question, no, they cannot combine the first part of your spouse's work history with the latter part. In fact, there are numerous examples of individuals who have DLI issues because, although they worked for 20 years or longer, their work in recent years was insufficient to carry their social security disability coverage forward. When you have a past DLI issue (the social security office can tell you what her DLI is), then the only way to qualify for title II social security disability benefits is to prove that the disability commenced prior to the DLI. Of course, if an application is for title 16 ssi benefits, DLI does not even apply. However, in ssi cases a spouse's income will be deemed and, to some extent, counted in the eligibility budgeting process which, often, makes a married ssi claimant ineligible for benefits. Disability Advocates Help with Claims Free Case Evaluation |
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