Widow/widower/deceased claimant benefits

Normally, in order to receive social security disability insurance (SSDI) benefits, you will need to have worked recently. If you are a surviving spouse, you may be entitled to social security disability insurance benefits if you, yourself, become disabled or you are taking care of the deceased’s disabled children even if you have not worked recently. You may be able to receive SSDI benefits under the deceased’s work credits. To learn more, read: https://www.ssa.gov/benefits/survivors/ifyou.html. Call me to learn more.

If your spouse recently passed away and he or she was disabled when they were alive, you can still file for SSDI benefits on their behalf up to three months after their death, and collect benefits that were due them. Call me to learn more.

How can this be? Social Security Disability Insurance is basically an insurance plan. Therefore, the general idea is that if you have been paying into this program consistently and recently, you are entitled to benefits if you can prove that you are disabled.