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If you receive $1,100 per month in SSDI payments, you would only receive $1,300 per month from the FERS program due to the amount you are collecting from the SSA. This would still total $2,400 per month. You would just be getting a portion of that $2,400 from FERS and a portion from SSDI. After the first 12 months of your disability you will receive 40 percent of your 3-year-average high salary minus 60 percent of whatever you receive in SSDI benefits.
Some people may qualify for Social Security Disability benefits in as few as 30 days or less. For others, it can take more than two or even three years to complete the disability application process and be approved for Social Security Disability benefits. Contributing Factors. What factors impact how long it takes to get a Social Security Disability approval? The first thing that will impact how quickly you get a response to your application for Social Security Disability is whether your initial disability claim is approved or denied. Initial claims usually take 30 to 90 days to process.