State: Texas
I have a quesiton that I am hoping that somebody will be able to answer.
My parents were married in 1971. My father retired in 1994 after working for 28 years for the Texas Highway Department and began receiving his retirement from the state. He passed away in 2001. My mother was 52 at the time. She is totally disabled and is receiving disability as well as my father's retirement. She has never worked where Social Security was taken. We have already checked.
When my mother was approved for her disability, the SSA told her that she was not eligible for any other type of benefits.
However, the SSA website says that a widow can begin receiving survivor benefits as early as age 50 if he/she is disabled.
Now, my question is whether or not the SSA was correct in telling her that she couldn't get anything else, or whether or not she should now be getting it or if she would have to wait until 60, or what?
We took the word of SSA and have not though about it since, but someone mentioned something to her the other day and it got me wondering.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I have a quesiton that I am hoping that somebody will be able to answer.
My parents were married in 1971. My father retired in 1994 after working for 28 years for the Texas Highway Department and began receiving his retirement from the state. He passed away in 2001. My mother was 52 at the time. She is totally disabled and is receiving disability as well as my father's retirement. She has never worked where Social Security was taken. We have already checked.
When my mother was approved for her disability, the SSA told her that she was not eligible for any other type of benefits.
However, the SSA website says that a widow can begin receiving survivor benefits as early as age 50 if he/she is disabled.
Now, my question is whether or not the SSA was correct in telling her that she couldn't get anything else, or whether or not she should now be getting it or if she would have to wait until 60, or what?
We took the word of SSA and have not though about it since, but someone mentioned something to her the other day and it got me wondering.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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