Disability Benefits: After Your Application is Approved
Once the SSA approves your application, you will begin to receive you disability benefits within six months. This doesn’t mean six months from the date of your application, it means six months from the date that you were determined disabled. For example, if the SSA determines that your disability started in March, then you would begin getting disability benefits in September. The amount of benefits that you receive will be determined by the amount of your lifetime earnings. The new amount should be close to the amount that you would normally receive within a month of work and act as a “replacement check”.