However, there may be instances where your disability benefits may stop. You may seek the help of disability law firms to help you make an appeal about this, but these are the usual reasons why the benefits may stop coming:



?Your health may improve at some point, removing you from the legal classification of ?disabled?.

?You prefer to go back to work instead of depending on your monthly disability benefits.

Take note that the Social Security Administration is required by law to review your case occasionally to check if you are still disabled. You may expect that you will be contacted when it is time to review your case, and that you can expect to be updated of the status of your benefits.

The Social Security Administration would also expect you to apprise them of any change in the status of your health. If your health improves significantly in a way that you think will merit a change in the status of your benefits, you should go and report it to them.

How soon will my case be reviewed?

The frequency of reviewing your case will depend on what disability you have and whether your disability is something that is expected to improve.

?If your medical improvement is expected, then your case will usually be reviewed 18 months prior to the time your benefits started.

?If your medical improvement is possible, then your case will usually be reviewed after about three years

?If your medical improvement is not expected, then your case will usually be reviewed after about seven years

Why would my benefits stop?

Aside from the improvement of your health, another factor to be considered is whether you are employed and earning substantially from it or not. Part of your responsibility (aside from reporting improvements in your health) is to report if you have started working again. Again, if you feel that stopping your benefits is in error, you may get in touch with disability law firms to help you make an appeal.

I am currently employed; does that mean my benefits will stop?

Not necessarily as the Social Security Administration will first look into your case and check whether your earnings are substantial. By ?substantial? it means that whether you are earning $940 or more per month ($1570 if blindness is part of your disability). The SSA does offer work incentives to people who are already receiving disability benefits.

There is also a trial period where the SSA will allow you at least nine months to test out your physical ability to work. During your trial period, you will still receive full benefits, like how you usually did, regardless of how much you are earning. This is as long as you report your work activity to the SSA and as long as you continue to have the disability you initially had. One trial work month is equal to any month where you have earned $670 or more. If you have your own business, one trial month is 80 hours you put in your business.

If you need make an appeal regarding your case, you may want to seek the assistance of a legal counsel. Many disability law firms specialize in disability claim and they would gladly assist you in making your appeal and eventually obtain your benefits.