Childhood Disability Beneficiaries with an Incorrect Waiting Period
- Audit report number
- A-09-11-21158
- Full report
- /~assets/audits/full/a-09-11-21158.pdf
- Summary report
- /~assets/audits/summary/summary-21158.pdf
Disabled children age 18 or older may be entitled to childhood disability benefits on a parent’s earnings record if they have a disability that began before they reached age 22 and has lasted, or is expected to last, at least 12 consecutive months or result in death. Disabled workers must wait 5 full calendar months to be awarded disability benefits. However, disabled children do not have to wait 5 months.
The objective of this audit was to determine whether the SSA awarded childhood disability benefits based on an incorrect waiting period.
[Read the full report](/~assets/audits/full/a-09-11-21158.pdf)