Cat scratch disease (CSD) is a bacterial disease caused by Bartonella henselae. Most people with CSD have been bitten or scratched by a cat and developed a mild infection at the point of injury. Lymph nodes, especially those around the head, neck, and upper limbs, become swollen.
Your Social Security benefits are calculated based on your highest 35 years of earnings or half of your spouseâs benefits -- whichever is higher -- if you retire at full retirement age (currently 66). For a worker retiring at age 66 in 2012, the maximum benefit is currently $2,513 per month. If both you and your spouse earned the maximum amount that counts every year ($110,100 in 2012, but just $16,500 in 1977), you could each receive the maximum monthly benefits.
What's the Maximum You Can Receive? How much you receive in monthly Social Security benefits is determined by factors including how long you worked in a qualifying job, how much you made, and your age at the time you start collecting those benefits. The maximum Social Security benefit you can receive is set, and that amount changes each year. There is an incentive for people to wait until full retirement age (66 or 67 depending on when you were born) or even longer (until you reach age 70) to start collecting benefits. In 2015, the maximum monthly benefit is $2,663 if you are at full retirement age, but could be $3,501 if you wait to start to receive payments at 70 years old.