When Your Benefits Start 
If your application is approved , your first Social Security benefit will be paid for the sixth full month after the date we find that your disability began. For example , if your disability began on June 15 , 2018 , your first benefit would be paid for the month of December 2018, the sixth full month of disability. Social Security benefits are paid in the month following the month for which they're due. This means that the benefit due for December would be paid to you in January 2019, and so on. 

How Much You Will Receive 
The amount of your monthly disability benefit is based on your lifetime average earnings covered by Social Security. If you don't already have an estimate , you can get your online with your personal my Social Security account or use our Benefit Calculators to determine how much you would get if you became disabled right now. 

Other Payments May Affect Your Disability Benefits 
If you receive certain other government benefits, such as workers' compensation, public disability benefits, or pensions based on work not covered by Social Security for example, some government or foreign employment, the Social Security benefits payable to you and your family may be reduced. For more information about how these benefits can affect your Social Security payments , refer to the following publications : How Workers' Compensation And Other Disability Payments May Affect Your Benefit ; Windfall Elimination Provision ; or Government Pension Offset. Related Information Income Taxes And Your Social Security Benefits. 

Medicare Coverage If You're Disabled 
We automatically enroll you in Medicare after you get disability benefits for two years. The two parts of Medicare we enroll you in are hospital insurance and medical insurance. Hospital insurance Part A helps pay for inpatient hospital bills and some follow - up care. The taxes you paid while you were working financed this coverage , so it is provided at no cost to you. Medical ins

user: Greetings and good morning. Please, i would to know when my social security benefit could start?

assistant: Has been your application approved yet?

user: Yes, yes, my application has been approved, that's why i'm asking.

assistant: Excellent, and congratulations. Now that you're approved, you should expect your first social security benefit to be paid for the sixth full month after the date we find that your disability began.

user: Could you give me some example please?

assistant: Sure. If you went on disability on February, you would get your first benefit on August. As easy as that.

user: Ok, i see it now. Say, i heard from some people that some government benefits can affect my social security payments, where can i find information about it?

assistant: No problem. You can refer yourself to the following publications: How workers compensation and other disability payments may affect your benefit, and Windfall Elimination Provision. There you'll find what you need.

user: Thanks, i'll check them out soon. Please, can you tell me how much i will receive for the benefit?

assistant: For that, you better get an estimate. In any case, you can get one logging in your personal My Social Security account or using the benefit calculator so you can determine the amount of your benefit.

user: What other publications can i use about this topic?

assistant: Well, you can use any of the following: Disability Benefits; What you need to know when you get social security disability benefits; and lastly, Other disability publications.