Your Railroad Disability Benefits News

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Yes, you can receive total or occupational disability benefits if you were injured other than at work or if you suffer from an illness which stops you from working full time. Benefits can be awarded for any type of physical or mental illnesses or injuries, or a combination of both. If you have questions as …

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Medicare coverage before the age of 65 is available to RRB total disability recipients 24 months after entitlement to monthly benefits if they also have a disability insured status under Social Security law. If you never worked under the Social Security system or only for a short period of time you will not be eligible. …

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The name of the program TOTAL DISABILITY ANNUITY is sometimes misleading. If you are over the age of 50 you may be eligible for benefits even if you could perform some physically easier work; in many cases the worker’s past jobs were strenuous and they don’t have the skills to perform easier work. in those …