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.
Or you can accept a lump sum worth six months of retroactive benefitsâbut your monthly benefit will shrink to the amount you would have received if you had applied six months earlier. You are giving up delayed retirement credits, says Marc Kiner, co-founder of Premier Social Security Consulting, in Sharonville, Ohio.