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Because I was in an auto (pick up truck) accident and sustained brain damage due to a closed head injury. I now have a lot of memory (mostly short term loss) confusion and uncontrolled seizures. So I am currently collecting Social Security Disability.
I have questions about how it works so if I run across people (like in here) who might benefit from it. I can tell them how it works.
I sure hope that some people here do know and can answer my questions and if possible provide links to websites:
1) Is the amount that one collects based on their age at the time they began to collect it? More specifically is it based on the number of years they have worked. I would assume for example that someone who begins to collect it age 40 would have worked longer than.
2) Is it based on how much money one has paid into it. Which I would assume would once again be more for someone who has worked longer (as in someone age 40 when they take versus someone age 20.)
3) Also if someone had a higher paying job etc. they would have paid more into it.
Although I don't think I had jobs that paid me that much I did work very long hours at times so paid a lot of money into it.
4) So is it based in anyway on how much money one has paid into ( for lack of a better term) the social security plan?
I hope this makes some sense (as I have posted I have confusion).
I have questions about how it works so if I run across people (like in here) who might benefit from it. I can tell them how it works.
I sure hope that some people here do know and can answer my questions and if possible provide links to websites:
1) Is the amount that one collects based on their age at the time they began to collect it? More specifically is it based on the number of years they have worked. I would assume for example that someone who begins to collect it age 40 would have worked longer than.
2) Is it based on how much money one has paid into it. Which I would assume would once again be more for someone who has worked longer (as in someone age 40 when they take versus someone age 20.)
3) Also if someone had a higher paying job etc. they would have paid more into it.
Although I don't think I had jobs that paid me that much I did work very long hours at times so paid a lot of money into it.
4) So is it based in anyway on how much money one has paid into ( for lack of a better term) the social security plan?
I hope this makes some sense (as I have posted I have confusion).