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It depends - on your short term disability elimination period.

If you live in a state with mandated coverage, check with your state's department of labor. If you have a private policy, see what elimination period you selected. The elimination period can be as short as 0 days for accidents, and 7 days for sickness, or as long as 3 months or more.

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If your disability stems from an injury/illness sustained from your employment, you should be eligible from the moment you were disabled.

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It varies because each state has its own requirements for eligibility.

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You should see a doctor as soon as you are unable to work and that report, given to the state's employment security office should start the process.

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Can I collect both long term disability benefits and unemployment benefits while waiting for next disability benefit at the end of October?

In order to collect unemployment benefits, you must be physically able to work. In order to get disability benefits, you must NOT be able to work. So you can't have it both ways.


Can you collect state disability after long term unemployment?

If you're currently disabled and unable to work, you should apply for disability income benefits through your state.


Can you get unempolyment while getting long term disability?

Disability benefits are received if you are unable to work. Unemployment is paid if you are able to work and actively searching for employment. These two definitions are contradictory, so you won't be able to legally collect disability benefits and unemployment.


Can alcoholics collect disability insurance?

Some disability insurance policies will cover drug & alcohol as any other disability, but usually limit the benefits to maximum 24 month. If you had a disability insurance prior to being disabled from work due to alcoholism, and the policy did not specifically exclude drug & alcohol disabilities, you may be entitled to disability benefits.


Can you collect long term disability and Florida state disability for cancer?

Cancer is one of the leading causes of disabilities. You may be eligible for benefits under your long term disability policy if your cancer prevents you from performing your work duties. Florida does not have state disability. Their are only five states that do: CA, HI, NJ, NY, and RI.


Can a person collect short term disability in NC and file for disability?

Short term disability will pay benefits for a defined period of time, provided you are unable to work due to medical reasons.Social Security Disability will cover you if you are permanently disabled. You can collect both. Your private coverage may offset the SSD benefit.


Can you collect disability after working eight years if you are 72 years old and collect Social Security from your deceased spouse?

You collect disability only if you show that you are unable to perform work, not that you worked as long as you have. If you worked eight years and there are justifiable reasons for quitting, as determined by your state's employment security office then you might be eligible for unemployment benefits. This has nothing to do with the Social Security you are presently receiving.


What if you are unable to work and cannot collect disability?

Some people have to sue for disability. Social Security has disability and some jobs have it. If you have not worked long enough you might need to file for medicaid.


In California can you collect unemployment after state disability?

You can collect unemployment after state disability if you are healthy enough to return to work, and your employer terminated your employment during your disability. The termination can not be related to your job performance.


Can you collect unemployment if just going on long term disability?

According to the Related Link below, to be eligible for unemployment you have to be available to go to work immediately with no restrictions on your ability to work (among other requirements) If the disability prevents you from doing this, then no. Also, if you qualified otherwise, the benefits would be offset by any disability benefits you receive.


Can a person collect unemployment benefits in Illinois after long term disability through their employer and is able to work but lost their job?

The state you live in will not impact your eligibility to receive Disability benefits from a Long-Term disability policy. Therefore, Yes you are able to collect Long-Term Disability (LTD) benefits while receiving Social Security (SS) benefits.To be more specific though, whether or not you actually receive benefits from your LTD policy will have everything to do with the wording in the contract. If you have group coverage through work, then it is likely that any benefits you receive from Social Security will offset the benefits payable through your LTD plan dollar-for-dollar. In this situation, even though you are able to receive LTD from your company policy, you may not actually receive any from it if you are receiving Social Security benefits equivalent or higher than the monthly benefit it provides. The same consequences apply for Federal Government employees as through the FERS program. Additionally, if you own an individual policy that has Social Insurance offset benefits, then theses benefits will also be offset dollar-for-dollar.If you own an individual LTD policy that does not have Social Insurance benefits than you would be able to collect on Social Security benefits and 100% of the benefits provided through your LTD policy.This is actually one of the main reasons why individual LTD coverage is much better than group coverage.


Can you collect social security disability for flatfeet?

No, to collect social security disability you must not be able to work any job in the national economy.