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"offset hypothetical social security" removed from disability check

My father-in-law is on disability as a former state employee in NC. His most recent check of $1800 was reduced by $1200 by a line-item listed as 'offset hypothetical social security' on the stub. This is the first time it's happened but it caught him by surprise to say the least. Without jabbing too hard at the in-laws, lets just say he isn't 'savvy' on financial type things and he says he can't get any explanation when he calls the agency that cuts the check.

Multiple Google searches haven't given me any insight... does anyone know what the heck that might be?

Thanks!

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john14638
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That sounds fairly similar.

It's hard to say since everything I know is filtered through him but I do believe he is in the process of being dropped from the state-sponsored disability program and put into the social security sponsored disability program. So maybe the state determined that he crossed whatever line or threshhold needed to receive disability from Social Security and they automatically reduced his check as if he was already receiving Social Security benefts? Thanks for the input. I can frame the question this way and see if he can get any clarification from the powers that be.

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john14638

Some disability plans require the disabled person to apply for Social Security, and reduce their payout by the amount received from SS. If the person, for whatever reason, does not apply, they reduce it anyway by the amount they estimate he would have received. This may be what happened to your F-I-L.

-- D.F. Manno | snipped-for-privacy@mail.com It is one of the maladies of our age to profess a frenzied allegiance to truth in unimportant matters, to refuse consistently to face her where graver issues are at stake. -Janos Arany, poet (1817-1882)

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D.F. Manno

Now you're speaking language that really makes sense for what might be going on here. So for his financial sake... hopefully if the State thinks he's eligable for SS, then SS would concur and make up for the lost benefit amount during the transition period. Thanks so much for the input. I'll try to make sure to post the results of this whole situation when everything settles out for the benefit of other readers.

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john14638

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