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Monthly Disability Benefits Payments

Posted: September 28, 2010

Disability benefits are payable to disabled workers and their dependents and make up 18% of all Social Security benefits paid.

It’s been projected that 3 out of 10 of today’s 20 year olds will become disabled before reaching 67. Therefore, this program is an important safety net.

If a claimant is insured under

Social Security and is disabled more than 6 months before he or she reaches full retirement age, he or she can receive a monthly disability benefit.

The table on Page 4 of the downloadable PDF shows monthly disability benefits in 2010. The figures assume a claimant has worked steadily since age 22.

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