Adding hardware such as a disc drive (e.g. CD-ROM or DVD), modem, mouse, network card, printer, sound card, or speakers are not required, but give the computer additional functionality. 1  How to install computer hardware.
Retroactive Payments. The SSDI retroactive payments are payments made to disability applicants for the time passed between the onset of the disability to the date that the application was passed. Retroactive payments are paid for 12 months prior to the date of the application being passed.
Social Security benefits will increase by 0.3 percent beginning with the December 2016 benefits, which are payable in January 2017. Federal SSI payment levels will also increase by 0.3 percent effective for payments made for January 2017.