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(This maximum gets you to 12 months before your application date, plus five months for the waiting period, so your earliest your effective onset date can be is 17 months before the application date.) In this case, the earliest that you can become eligible for Medicare is one year after you apply for Social Security disability.
Before kidney transplantation, a patient is on Social Security Disability because of dialysis necessity. After kidney transplantation, Medicare disability begins its 36-month countdown. Social Security disability begins its 12-month countdown. At one year post-transplant, the patient returns to work part-time, earning up to $500/month. Patient increases work hours over next two years so that at 36 months post-transplant when Medicare disability ends, he/she is working full-time and thus receives full benefits from employer.