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475 -38 - 9423 A Page 2 <br /> Other Disability Payments Affect Benefits <br /> We have to consider workers' compensation and /or public <br /> disability payments when we figure a Social Security benefit. <br /> The following will explain how these payments affect Social <br /> Security benefits. For more information, please read the <br /> enclosed pamphlet, "How Workers' Compensation and Other <br /> Disability Payments May Affect Your Social Security Benefit." <br /> The pamphlet explains how we reduce your Social Security <br /> disability checks if the money which you would receive from <br /> Social Security and workers' compensation payments adds up to <br /> more than 80 percent of your monthly average current earnings. <br /> We found that 80 percent of your average current earnings is <br /> $1,255.20. <br /> We have to take into account your workers' compensation payment <br /> of $1,068.70 when we figure your Social Security benefits. <br /> Because you receive this payment, we are reducing the benefits <br /> you are due. <br /> We are reducing your monthly Social Security checks beginning <br /> April 1997, which is the first month when you were entitled to <br /> both Social Security disability benefits and workers' <br /> compensation payments. <br /> Your benefits were increased beginning December 1997. This <br /> increase was not because workers' <br /> payments. <br /> If you had any medical, legal, or other related expenses <br /> connected with your claim for workers' compensation payments, <br /> you should bring us proof that you paid these expenses. We can <br /> exclude these expenses, within the limits set by law, when we <br /> figure how much to take out of your Social Security benefits. <br /> Other Social Security Benefits <br /> The benefit described in this letter is the only one you can <br /> receive from Social Security. If you think that you might <br /> qualify for another kind of Social Security benefit in the <br /> future, you will have to file another application. <br /> Your Responsibilities <br /> The decisions we made on your claim are based on information <br /> you gave us. If this information changes, it could affect your <br /> benefits. For this reason, it is important that you report <br /> changes to us right away. <br /> We have enclosed a pamphlet, "When You Get Social Security <br /> Disability Benefits...What You Need To Know." It will tell you <br /> what must be reported and how to report. Please be sure to <br /> read the parts of the pamphlet which explain what to do if you <br /> go to work or if your health improves. <br /> SEE NEXT PAGE <br />