What is an extended period of eligibility?
An extended period of eligibility (EPE) is a thirty-six month period in which your disability benefits may be restarted at anytime, without the need for a new disability determination (An EPE obviously applies to an individual who previously received disability benefits and then returned to work).
To have your disability benefits restarted, you must have stopped engaging in substantially gainful work activity and you must continue to have disabling medical impairments.
Additionally, unsuccessful work attempts may be considered regarding the performance of substantially gainful work activity during the thirty-six month period. This benefits the disabled individual, because any month included in an unsuccessful work attempt will not be held against an individual's disability entitlement for those months.
If you are still eligible to receive disability in the thirty-seventh month, you will continue to receive disability benefits until you work a month over the SGA amount or you medically recover.
About the Author: Tim Moore is a former Social Security Disability Examiner in North Carolina, has been interviewed by the NY Times and the LA Times on the disability system, and is an Accredited Disability Representative (ADR) in North Carolina. For assistance on a disability application or Appeal in NC, click here.
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