Supplemental Security Income Overpayment

One of the most alarming correspondences that a recipient of a disability benefit can receive is a notice from the Social Security Administration advising an individual that he or she has been overpaid thousands of dollars in benefits and is now compelled to repay them Supplemental Security Income Overpayment.

More often than not, claimants ignore these notices or wait for months or even years before addressing said issue which will aggravate the present situation more because of Supplemental Security Income Overpayment.

A person receiving one of these notices is only allowed 60 days to file a Request for Reconsideration to challenge the amount of Supplemental Security Income Overpayment. If the recipient fails to file an appeal, he or she can no longer contest that the amount of the Supplemental Security Income Overpayment is incorrect, since the prescribed period in doing the same has already lapsed. A person receiving such notice must therefore act on it the soonest time possible to make sure his or her rights are protected.

The practice for avoiding repayment of a Supplemental Security Income Overpayment is to request the Social Security Administration to condone the Supplemental Security Income Overpayment or to have it waived. In this waiver proceeding, the benefits recipient has burden of proof to show that he or she is without fault in causing the Supplemental Security Income Overpayment.

In addition, he or she does not have sufficient resources to repay the overpaid benefits and that it would be repugnant to equity and good conscience for the Social Security Administration to recover the Supplemental Security Income Overpayment. Therefore, it would not suffice for a person to show that he or she cannot afford to repay the overpaid benefits. It is also incumbent upon the person to establish that the overpayment was not his or her fault.


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