After You're Approved: Keeping Your Disability Benefits
Changes in your income, health and other issues can lead to a termination of your Social Security Disability benefits.
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Overview
Going back to work or having medical improvement can lead to a termination of your Social Security Disability benefits.
Overpayments
How Social Security collects overpayments and what happens if you don't pay.
What if you don't agree there was an overpayment or you can't afford to repay it.
Disability overpayments are discharged in bankruptcy except when they were obtained by fraud.
Continuing Disability Reviews
Learn about CDRs and how they may affect your ability to continue receiving Social Security Disability benefits.
Social Security must abide by the CDR rules, which require you to show medical improvement and an ability to work.
Returning to Work While on Disability
You can engage in "substantial gainful activity" if you're in a trial work program.
The SSDI program offers nine months of trial work followed by a three-year-period with special work rules.
Reporting Changes to Social Security Disability
Getting married may affect your disability benefits depending what program you get benefits from (SSDI or SSI).
For SSI recipients, moving to a new state could lower your monthly check or even end financial eligibility for SSI benefits.