What is a social security disability or ssi overpayment ?

Overpayments are benefits that you have received, which Social Security has determined that you were not entitled to receive. There are a variety of situations that may cause an overpayment of social security disability or SSI disability benefits. These can include computational errors on the part of the social security administration and situations in which disability benefit recipients were overpaid due to improperly reported or completely unreported work activity.

However, no matter what the particular cause for the overpayment, the Social Security Administration expects the overpayment amount to be paid back.

For more information on why overpayments occur, refer to this page:

Why do disability overpayments happen?

For more information on what to do when overpayments happen, refer to this page:

Dealing with a disability overpayment



For more information on Social Security Disability and SSI Disability.