Milford chronicle., 1959-07-24
Social Security
Questions Answered

Il am completely disabled, Dut
am only 32 years old. There is
no need for me to contact a
social security office before
reach the age of so, is there?
Yes, indeed if you were in en-
ployment or self-emplOyment
covered by the Social Security
Act for at least out of the 10
years before you became dis
abled and are now so severely
disabled that you cannot work,
you should apply for the dis
ability freeze. Although you are
too young to start drawing dis
ability benefits now, your and
your dependents future bene-
fit rights and the rights of your
survivors in the event of your
death will be protected if your
social security record is fro
zen.
Some time ago I inquired at
social security office about dis
ability insurance benefits. /
was told that although l had
worked the necessary 5 years
out of the 10 years before I be-
came disabled, did not meet
the additional requirements
that one and one half of those
5 years had to be during the
8 years just before l became
disabled. Therefore, l did not
qualify. Would / be eligible
under the recently amended
law?
Yes, if you are so severely dis
abled that you cannot work.
The provision that one and one
half years of your covered en-
ployment had to be during the
8 years Immediately preceding
your disablement was removed
under the 1858 Amendments.
You should recontact your So
cial security office at your earl
lest convenience.
i am 55 years old and am re-
ceiving social security disabili-
ty insurance benefits. / also
have a 81 year old son in
State institution. People are
urging me to inquire about
benefits for him. Is it possible
for two people in our family to
draw disability benefits? My
son has never worked.
If you have a child who is too
disabled to work and who has
been disabled since before he
was age Is, he may draw bene-
fits on your social security ac-
ccount, the same as he could if
you had attained age IS and
were receiving retirement bene-
fits instead of disability pay
ments. You should contact your
social security office without.
delay.
I am a man 62 years old. be-
came completely disabled six
months ago and am told by my
doctor that l will never be able
to work again. Since I am so
near age 65, 1 feel I should
wait until / reach that age and
draw my full retirement bene-
fit rather than to apply now
for disability payments at a re-
duced rate. What is your ad-
vice?
If you are so disabled that you
cannot work, you should apply
at once for disability insur-
ance benefits Your benefit
will be computed exactly the
same as though you had at
tanned age SIS when you be-
came disabled. You will not
receive a reduced rate because
you started drawing disability
payments before attaining age
SIS.
The last time / inquired at So
cial security office about dis
ability insurance benefits,
was told that although l had
more than 20 quarters of COW
erage credited to my account,
only Is of them were in the 40
quarter period preceding the
date upon which I became dis
abled, and therefore, / did not
meet the work requirement.
! understand there has been a
change in the work test under
the recent amendments. Will
now be eligible, assuming that
/ am severely enough disabled
to qualify?
No, although there was
change made in the work re-
quirements under the 1858
Amendments, the provision that
a person must have worked
five years out of the 10 before
he became disabled was not
changed.
my husbands death in
1851 my unmarried son and /
have lived together on a small
acreage. My husband had work.
ed under social security from
the time it began until his
death, and l was told that
could start drawing monthly
benefits on his account when
he reached retirement age.
am only 81 years old and my
son, who has been completely