Wife qualfies for SSD, what would you do.

soren wrote:

wny_pat wrote:

rexlion wrote:
In the meantime, if SSD benefits really are reduced by the other pension she can receive, I see little point in applying at this time.

Not at all true. Just where are you dredging up this stuff from???

Actually everything posted so far has been helpful, even if I spent time researching it, only to discover that it doesn't apply. The statement is in fact true. The benefit level could be reduced by another pension, received from a non-qualifying employer. This would also tie into previous posts about "Windfall Reduction". Fortunately, this only applies where an applicant would be in the unusual situation of having two careers, one of which was in a field that did not participate in the SS program, (IE government agencies, some railroad jobs, etc....) and the other working in a situation where SS taxes are deducted.
At this point, everybody involved in our situation, and everything I have found online, indicates that any employer pension benefit has nothing to do with qualifying for SSDI, or the amount of benefits.

Thanks for all the contributions.

Okay, I accept that some state and federal workers who did not pay into Social Security because they pay into a special pension catagory, ie some firefighters, police officers or RR workers, fall into this special catagory, but the average, run of the mill, regular pensions, like my Teamsters Pension are not affect by it.