There are several ways to increase your disability payments, including if your primary insurance amount increases due to cost of living adjustments. Another way is if your individual benefit is recalculated to give you credit for previously uncredited earnings, as Disability Advisor reports.Continue Reading
The condition or severity of your disability does not determine the amount of benefit you can get, according to the Social Security Disability SSI Resource Center. The amount of income you earned prior to the disability is what determines the amount of benefit you can get.
An increase in the primary insurance amount as a result of cost of living adjustment or recalculation of later work earnings may increase your benefit, according to Disability Advisor. The amount of income you had prior to the disability forms the basis of your PIA.
Another way to increase disability benefit is to carry out work activity, as the Social Security Disability SSI Resource Center states. If you have not engaged in work activity prior to your disability or had a low income, you could see an increase in your benefits amount.