- Social Security Disability Insurance is only available to individuals who the Social Security Administration have deemed unable to do the same work that they were doing when they were in the workforce prior to becoming disabled. The amount of SSDI income a person receives is based in part on the amount of income that the person currently receives. Therefore, the agency will ask for documentation showing current household income.
- One of the main ways that the agency certifies that a person is making a certain amount of money is by checking the pay stub of the person receiving disability payments or another person in his household, such as his spouse. The agency is allowed to ask for a person's check stub at any time, including after the person has been approved for payments. Refusal to comply with the agency can result in suspended or terminated benefits.
- There are a number of reasons that the agency may want to check an individual's pay stub after he has been approved for payments. For example, the agency may be checking that the person is not underreporting his income as a means of receiving more benefits than he would otherwise be entitled. The agency may have misplaced paperwork and need a second copy to replace it.
- If a person is unable or unwilling to provide the Social Security Administration with pay stubs when it requests them, even after approval, several things may occur. The agency may allow the person to show alternate documentation that provides the agency with the information that it needs, or in some cases, the agency may suspend the person's payments pending an investigation. The agency may withdraw its request if the provision of documents is deemed non-critical.
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