<prompt> Human: My mother-in-law recently moved in with us and got on social security. MIL worked for the IRS for 30 years and retired a few years ago with a measly pension of a little over 2k a month. Practically all of that goes to her debts. When she got on social security she was under the impression shed be receiving about 1200 a month from her deceased husbands social security but they later denied her and are giving her about 200 a month because she was a former government employee and shed be double dipping.Is there any way we can fight this and get the other 1k a month? If so, can we get the past several months of social security as well? Were in Arizona if that matters. Thank you!  <response>: This is probably a situation where itd be appropriate to consider filing for bankruptcy. If shes spending 2k every month on debt payments, thats your problem, not the lack of SS survivor benefits which it sounds like she in fact does not qualify for, much as that sucks. 