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.
If you file for Social Security benefits May 1, 1997, or later, you are assigned one of three new payment days based on the date of birth of the person on whose record your entitlement is established (the insured individual): 1  The payment day for insured individuals born on the 1st through the 10th of the month is the second Wednesday of each month; The payment day for insured individuals born on the 11th through the 20th of the month is the third Wednesday of each month; and. The payment day for insured individuals born after the 20th of the month is the fourth Wednesday of each month.