{"id":25267,"date":"2023-01-03T12:22:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T12:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/01\/03\/why-is-my-social-security-benefit-disappearing\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T05:05:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T05:05:14","slug":"why-is-my-social-security-benefit-disappearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/your-career\/2023\/01\/03\/why-is-my-social-security-benefit-disappearing\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is my social security benefit \u2018disappearing\u2019?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The following is a question submitted by a Federal Times readers about retirement and other issues facing the federal workforce. It is answered by Reg Jones, a charter member of the senior executive service and a Federal Times columnist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u201cI got a disability retirement, from an 1811 position, at age 47 and was denied disability Social Security. My Social Security estimate at age 62 keeps reducing every year because I am no longer paying. Is there a cap on the reduction or will the amount keep reducing and \u2018disappearing.\u2019\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Reg\u2019s Response<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just because your estimated benefit went down doesn\u2019t mean that your actual benefit did. What happened is that your previous estimate was based, at least in part, on future earnings. Because you haven\u2019t had any, the estimate &#8211; not your real benefit &#8211; is declining<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Got a question for the Federal Times expert? 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