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It depends on what you mean by the term retroactive. Many people confuse retroactive with back pay. Simply put, past due benefits a.k.a. backpay is not the same as retroactive benefits. Back pay is simply the accumulation of social security disability or ssi disability benefits that have accrued from the time a claimant was found to be eligible for benefits. Very often, a claimant's back pay will go back to the time they filed a disability application. However, it happens quite often that a claimant's disability will not be considered to go back as far as the time they applied. In this case, a claimant might receive an approval of a less-than-fully-favorable nature. In either case, though (fully favorable or partially favorable), a claimant will probably be "owed" a certain amount in backpay, or past due benefits. Retroactive benefits are a bit different. While social security disability and ssi disability applicants may both eventually receive backpay if a disability claim is approved, retroactive benefits only apply to social security disability cases and claims. Why is this? Because ssi benefits are only payable---in the most favorable outcome, of course--from the date of an ssi applicant's disability application. SSD, or social security disability, benefits, on the other hand, may be established for a retroactive period of twelve months prior to the date of an application for disability benefits. In short, back pay applies to ssi and ssd. Retroactive benefits only apply to ssd. Disability Advocates Help with Claims Free Case Evaluation |
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