The U.S. Supreme Court will consider a case Monday from medically retired service members who say the Defense Department's misinterpretation of a law prevented them from receiving the maximum amount ...

Several justices on the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday questioned the financial implications of ruling in favor of plaintiffs in a case that would expand retroactive disability payments to retired ...

More than 1.1 million people with public pensions — teachers, firefighters, police officers and the like — have recently received retroactive benefits due to the Social Security Fairness Act, the ...

Before I get to today’s questions, all of which deal with claiming retroactive benefits, I must make this general point: The law says you can claim up to six months’ worth of retroactive benefits, as ...

The Social Security Administration (SSA) has processed over 2.5 million retroactive payments for teachers, firefighters, police officers and others with public pensions who were previously locked out ...

Northville, Michigan – Thousands of combat-wounded veterans may now be eligible for additional retroactive compensation following a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in a case that had been pending ...

Aimee Picchi is the associate managing editor for CBS MoneyWatch, where she covers business and personal finance. She previously worked at Bloomberg News and has written for national news outlets ...

The Social Security Administration is moving aggressively to issue retroactive payments to more than 1 million Americans. The payments are a result of the passage of Social Security Fairness Act that ...

Vietnam veterans suffering from diabetes and prostate cancer after being exposed to Agent Orange won a round Monday in their court battle against the federal government. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of ...

More than 1 million Americans have received retroactive Social Security payments as a result of the Social Security Fairness Act that was signed into law by then-President Joe Biden on Jan. 5. At the ...

The Social Security Fairness Act was signed into law by then-President Joe Biden on Jan. 5. This act repeals two provisions–the Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset–that have ...