QUESTION
I never received all my back payment from SSI & want to know if I can still get the remainder since it has been awhile since I first got my disability
Asked on Feb 27th, 2026 on Social Security - New York
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After I won my SSI disability I received my back pay in 6 month intervals. & At the time I was having surgeries constantly as I have to do for life to try & compensate when more of my non- curable 3 Sinal disease require. Anyhow I realized a lot later that I was still owed like $4,000 from my back pay but not till a good few yrs later but I tried calling disability but it's all automated plus I am worried they will try to find a reason to lie out of it the lawyer that did my disability case has the proof that I am still owed at least 4,000. I guess I just wanted to see if there may be any reason they try to cheat me out of it?
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Social Security Disability Attorney serving Franklin, TN
Partner at
Disability Law Group LLC
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If you are still owed any of your retroactive benefits from the time you were approved, they should be able to see that as a pending underpayment. The local SSA office is the best source for resolving your issue. First, I would find your SSI Notice of Award and compare it to all the deposits you received that made up your back pay. It sounds like you had a lawyer, so they would have received 25% of the back pay. There would be no reason for them to "cheat you out of it".
Answered on Feb 27th, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Steve Perrigo, 615-504-5682