### Question
How is the "benefit income" defined?


### Answer
The term **benefit income** is defined in *42 U.S.C. § 1012* as follows -

> any recurring payment received by a qualified individual as an annuity, pension, retirement, or disability benefit (including any veterans' compensation or pension, workmen's compensation payment, old-age, survivors, or disability insurance benefit, railroad retirement annuity or pension, and unemployment insurance benefit), but only if a similar payment was received by the individual from the same (or a related) source during the 12-month period preceding the month in which the individual files an application for benefits under this subchapter

#### Citation:
  - *42 U.S.C. § 1012*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 7-SOCIAL SECURITY > SUBCHAPTER VIII-SPECIAL BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN WORLD WAR II VETERANS**

