Who gets paid retroactive social security disability benefits?

When you get a favorable decision on a Social Security disability claim, one of the questions that will be decided will be your date of onset or the date on which Social Security finds you disabled. You do not get benefits for the first five months that you are considered disabled, benefits would start in the sixth full month after you disability began.  For example, your hearing was in January of 2010 and your Administrative Law Judge finds that you became disabled as of January 2008.  You would have been entitled to payments as of August of 2008 and would receive back benefits from August of 2008 through date of your decision to bring you up to the current payment due. It is important to apply for benefits as soon as you become disabled because the process can take a long time.

You should consider contacting an attorney who specializes in disability law and has experience in handling Social Security cases.  He or she could give you more information about filing for disability benefits.

Talk to a Social Security Disability Lawyer for information regarding your legal rights to back pay.