Overpayment Claims
Overpayment claims occur if a disabled recipient of a supplemental security income has received benefits greater than the appropriate financial benefits he should be getting. The Social Security Administration (SSA) will send the individual a letter to inform him of the miscalculations and what actions he may perform in order to work out on this issue.
However, the beneficiary may choose not to pay back the excess payments if he firmly believes that he is not liable for the overpayment, rather, he may file a petition to waive the overpayment recovery. In doing this, he should accomplish a formal waiver request to the Social Security Office by completing a form SSA-632-BK or the Request for Waiver of Overpayment Recovery or Change in Repayment Rate.
In case the beneficiary found out that the SSA's computation have some erroneous items or figures, he may also file a form SSA-561-U2 or the Request for Reconsideration. And, if he disagree with the overpayment claims decision of the SSA and stand firm that he should not have to pay back the amount even he really received incorrect benefits, he may file both forms to the nearest Social Security office.
In this task of filing a request for waiver, the benefit recipient should submit substantial evidences such as bank statements, payment bills and other financial documents which may be used by the SSA in verifying his request. Nevertheless, he may forward these papers to the office within a period of thirty days if he has not yet gathered the said documents.
Consequently, the process of filing these requests regarding overpayment claims is quite a difficult task to undergo. One must have much patience for his request to prosper. But, in some instances, no matter how much hard work and guts these people have exhausted, their petitions still have not gained favor from the SSA. This is maybe due some technicalities and failure to follow the correct procedures on filing the petition.
We certainly can provide our legal assistance to people who experience the same things. Our able social security lawyers have the expertise in handling these kinds of cases. Call us if you are one of those people and we will provide favorable results in your legal concerns.