For example, say you suffered extensive injuries in a car accident and were unable to return to work for nine months. Typically, after six months, long-term disability would begin to replace a portion of your income. Once you return to work, the disability coverage will end. Alternatively, say you are diagnosed with a degenerative disease, such as multiple sclerosis, that eventually will make you unable to work.
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If, at the time of this review, your condition has improved and you are able to return to work, your benefits will stop. If you are unable to return to work and your condition has not improved, then you will continue to receive Social Security Disability payments and will be up for review again in another 2 to 5 years. If your case is labeled as MINE that means that the SSA does not think your condition will ever improve.
http://www.disability-benefits-help.org/faq/continue-receive-disability-benefits-forever
To decide whether you are disabled, we use a five-step process. (This will open another browser window.) Listed below are frequently asked questions about Step 4 and Step 5 of the process. We need to find out about your past work to decide if you can still do it. To make this decision, we need to know how you did your job.
https://www.ssa.gov/disability/step4and5.htm
Once the short-term benefits expire (generally after three to six months), long-term disability insurance pays a percentage of your salary, usually 50 to 60 percent, depending on the policy. The benefits last until you can go back to work or for the number of years stated in the policy.
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AFor a delivery with no complications, pregnancy claims are approved under short term disability for a period of 6 weeks. If the employer chooses, delivery by C-sections can result in an 8 week benefit period. The 6 and 8 week periods include the elimination period.
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The average annual premium for a new group long-term disability policy in 2013 was $226 per person, according to Gen Re’s “2013 U.S. Group Disability and Group Term Life Market Survey.”. If you pay your own premiums with after-tax dollars, your disability benefits will be tax-free.
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If your condition has not improved at the time of your review, your Social Security Disability payments will continue and you will receive another review in another six to eighteen months. If your case is labeled as MIP, that means the SSA believes that it is possible that your condition will improve but is not likely.
http://www.disability-benefits-help.org/faq/continue-receive-disability-benefits-forever
For example, if the elimination period is 7 days, then a normal delivery is paid 5 weeks of benefits. If an employee has complications due to pregnancy and continues to meet the definition of disability as defined in the policy, payments may continue beyond the 6 week period.
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This usually means work that: 1  You did in the 15 years before we decide your case, and. 2  Involved significant and productive physical or mental activities done (or intended) for pay or profit, and. 3  You did long enough to learn how to do it.
https://www.ssa.gov/disability/step4and5.htm
In that case, you’d turn to long-term disability, which typically kicks in after you’ve been out of work for an extended period of time, such as 180 days. Long-term disability policies are quite different from their short-term peers. In particular, long-term policies typically cover only about 60% of your salary.
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how long is if your on disability
It takes 2 to 5 years if you are on disability. The disability stays on for 2 to 5 years. You can be on disability for 2 to 5 years.