Here are the main reasons Social Security disability benefits get suspended:
9 Shocking Reasons Your Social Security Benefits Might Be Suspended
Work Activity: If you work more than allowed, the SSA might think you can work and stop your benefits.
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Medical Improvement: If your condition improves, even if you don’t work, benefits may stop. A review checks for improvement. Returning to work or showing signs of medical improvement can trigger an early review.
Reaching Full Retirement Age: At full retirement age (66-67), you can’t get both Social Security retirement and SSDI benefits. Your SSDI switches to retirement benefits then.
Exceeding Resource Limits: SSI recipients lose benefits by exceeding income or resources limits.
Incarceration or Institutionalization: SSI benefits stop after a month in jail but can restart after release if suspended less than a year. SSDI benefits stop during incarceration. They might restart after release, except for specific crimes.
Committing Fraud: Lying, misrepresenting, false income reporting, or not disclosing self-employment is fraud. It leads to immediate benefit suspension.
Failure to Respond: Not responding, missing a review, or not picking up checks can stop benefits. Benefits may stop if the SSA can’t contact you. Ignoring requests for over a year leads to termination.
Moving Without Notifying SSA: SSI recipients must update their address. Benefits stop if you move and don’t notify the SSA. Moving to a state that adds to federal SSI can temporarily stop benefits until you register.
Changes for Dependents: Dependent benefits can end when the person turns 18 (or 19 if a full-time student), marries, or moves out.