Social Security disability/retirement question...

[mysuzuki2]

12. When you reach full retirement age, which is not 65 anymore BTW

your disability would convert to a retirement benefit at the same amount. There are good reasons sometimes to take a reduced retirement at 62 instead of a higher disability. The rules for work and earnings and collecting workmans comp can sometimes make that advantageous. To keep friends and family happy? Maybe not so much. I am not sure about what might happen at full retirement age if you do that. I never dealt with that situation when I worked at SSA and now that I'm retired myself I dom't have access to the manuals. Something sticks in the back of my mind about it though. Note - the people at the SSA 800 number probably won't know the full answer about this since it is an unusual situation. TRY to go to an SSA office and talk to an experienced claims rep or technical expert. Sorry I can't give you an absolutely definitive answer. If itmakes you feel better, everyone at SSA knows that not all disabilities are readily apparent to the eye.