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    Rainbow1962 Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
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    Jul 17, 2012, 08:39 AM
    How do I report someone that is trying to get disability that doesn't need it
    My son' s wife is in her 30's claims she can't work because of severe back problems, but she sure can go motorcycle riding, hunting, fishing, 4-wheeling. I am tired of paying for her to sit on her butt and live off the system as she has all of her life , when she is more able to work than my husband who is 60 and can barely walk and myself who has a spine of metal and severe arthritis, and can hardly make it some days, but we both still work to live without assistance. It's not right she needs to be stopped, some days I can hardly move, how do I stop her from getting disability?
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    Jul 17, 2012, 09:13 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by Rainbow1962 View Post
    My son' s wife is in her 30's claims she can't work because of severe back problems, but she sure can go motorcycle riding, hunting, fishing, 4-wheeling. I am tired of paying for her to sit on her butt and live off the system as she has all of her life , when she is more able to work than my husband who is 60 and can barely walk and myself who has a spine of metal and severe arthritis, and can hardly make it some days, but we both still work to live without assistance. It's not right she needs to be stopped, some days I can hardly move, how do I stop her from getting disability?

    Quite frankly you sound like the mother-in-law from... heck.

    Report her to the company paying her benefits. If it's SS, report her to them.

    I'm amazed you would attempt to stop her benefits, ultimately hurting your son.

    Once again, don't you have enough problems in your life without causing problems for other people?

    If you have a spine made of metal and your husband can barely walk, file for disability benefits yourself. It's not Welfare, it's benefits.
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    Jul 17, 2012, 09:18 AM
    This is from the US social security website:

    Social Security pays benefits to people who cannot work because they have a medical condition that is expected to last at least one year or result in death. Federal law requires this very strict definition of disability. While some programs give money to people with partial disability or short-term disability, Social Security does not.

    She may not be able to get a disability benefit.
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    Jul 17, 2012, 09:48 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by tickle View Post
    This is from the US social security website:

    Social Security pays benefits to people who cannot work because they have a medical condition that is expected to last at least one year or result in death. Federal law requires this very strict definition of disability. While some programs give money to people with partial disability or short-term disability, Social Security does not.

    She may not be able to get a disability benefit.

    You need a great deal of medical proof to get on SS Disability - but the mother-in-law has a metal spine, the husband can barely walk, they most probably both qualify. SS doesn't expect you to half kill yourself in order to work.

    And in their 60's my guess would be their disabiities are permanent.

    I think this is bitter grapes, for whatever reason.

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