Does Inheritance Affect Your Social Security Benefits?

Find out how receiving an inheritance could affect your eligibility for SSDI or SSI benefits. Learn the steps you can take to protect yourself.

Qualifying for Social Security disability (SSD) benefits requires, in part, that the disabled person be unable to work to support him or herself. However, it doesn’t mean that the person is unable to work at all.

You may be eligible for workers’ compensation payments if you have suffered an injury at the office. In the event that your injuries prevent you from receiving your regular salary, these benefits will cover your medical expenses and partially offset your loss of earning capacity.

There are common mistakes that individuals make while submitting their workers’ compensation benefits applications that result in the rejection of their rightful claims.

If your Social Security disability benefits have been denied because the SSA believes that your claim of chronic pain is fraudulent or exaggerated, it can have a serious impact on your life.

You could get injured at work because of someone who is not your employer or your co-worker but is a third-party worker. What is a third-party entity? All workers or employees who are not part of your company are third-party workers.