Recently, we took in a claimant who was previously represented by of course, a non-attorney, who she and her guardian thought was an attorney because\u00a0they went to a law firm. See our previous blogs on how to check and hire an actual attorney. In this claim the non-attorney failed to recognize the\u00a0 issue of retroactivity to Adult “Child Disability Benefits” where SSA did not pay nor award back benefits in the thousands of dollars the claimant was duly entitled.<\/p>\n
In general, Adult “Child Disability Benefits” retroactivity is determined in the following manner:<\/p>\n
If the wage earner (the parent in this claim)\u00a0is disabled, the application for adult-childhood disability could pay 12 months before the date of application but not before the wage earner\u2019s onset (disability) date. 20 CFR \u00a7\u00a7 404.620(a), 404.621(a)(1). If the wage earner is deceased or retired, the application for adult-childhood disability could pay 6 months before the date of application but (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Recently, we took in a claimant who was previously represented by of course, a non-attorney, who she and her guardian thought was an attorney because\u00a0they went to a law firm. See our previous blogs on how to check and hire…<\/span><\/p>\n