Will my workers' compensation payments and other disability payments affect my social security disability?

Ordinarily, disability payments from other sources do not affect your Social Security Disability benefits. However, if the disability payment that you receive is workers' compensation or another public disability payment (such as some civil service disability benefits, some military disability benefits, some Federal,

State or Local government retirement benefits which are based on disability) yours and your family's Social Security benefits may be reduced.

Your Social Security Disability benefit will be reduced so that the combined amount of the Social Security Disability benefit you and your family receive plus your workers' compensation payment and/or public disability payment does not exceed eighty percent (80%) of your average current earnings.