[blindlaw] TWP Question

[Locke Milholland]

I was eligible for expedited reinstatement of my ssdi benefits.  I received 
those benefits for 24 months.  This is what the Redbook reads:
SSDI

If we approve your request for expedited reinstatement of SSDI benefits, 
your eligible spouse and dependent children may also get benefits. We can 
pay you
for up to 12 months before your request, if your condition kept you from 
working.

During the first 24 months you are eligible for benefits, we will not pay 
you for any month(s) you perform SGA, but your Medicare coverage will 
continue.
Once benefits have been payable for 24 months, which do not have to be in a 
row, you get a new trial work period and extended period of eligibility. 
(See
pages
38-
39.)


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Angie Matney" <angie at mpmail.net>
To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 7:50 PM
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] TWP Question


> Hi Locke,
>
> This is complicated, because it depends on the circumstances under which 
> your benefits were resumed. Sadly, it is possible that you may not be 
> eligible for a new TWP. I don't know enough about your specific situation 
> to advise you. I
> used to work in this field, but it has been a few years. Have you 
> considered talking to someone in the benefits planning, assistance, and 
> outreach (BPAO) program in your area? BPAO's don't work for SSA, but they 
> receive SSA-approved
> training. Their purpose is to help people with disabilities who have 
> questions about social security work incentives. They generally work at 
> Centers for Independent Living.
>
> This page contains a national list of BPAO's, as far as I can tell:
>
> http://www.socialsecurity.gov/work/ServiceProviders/WIPADirectory.html
>
> I hope things work out for you.
>
> Best,
>
> Angie
>
>
>
> On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 15:29:37 -0500, Locke Milholland wrote:
>
>>
>>If anyone can provide a source for help or where to go I'd appreciate it.
>>I have a Social Security question.
>>
>>I went blind in 1994. I started work with state govn't in 2000. I quit in 
>>2003 and started law school in 2004. Now it is January 2007 and I am 
>>starting my own solo law practice.
>>
>>I receivedand currently receive SSDI benefits. I did not receive benefits 
>>while working between 200 and 2003. I reported to SSA that I am beginning 
>>self-employment. They claim I already used my trial work period. I red in 
>>the
> Redbook where I can receive a new trial work period due to the length of 
> time I received benefitsbetween 2003 and now. I can not find the statute 
> to back this up.
>>
>>Does anyone know if and when a new trial work period begins?
>>
>
>
>
>
>
>


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