OMAHA, Neb. — An orphan is being asked to refund money paid to him 30 years ago by the Social Security Administration. Jay Rovang, 50, is a disabled man on a fixed income. He said he got a letter from SSA, stating that it wants to collect benefits it overpaid him totaling $662."And I’m going, 'They want to do what?'" Rovang said.

Rovang said he was 2 when he started receiving survivor benefits from Social Security. "My mother passed away in 1959. She was killed in an auto accident," he said. The benefits went to his grandparents, who raised him until his 18th birthday.

Rovang said he remembers working odd jobs as a teenager.He said he’s confused about why SSA would demand a refund now, especially since his only income is a monthly Social Security check for $1,083.

"You guys are now figuring out that you overpaid me, now that I'm on disability? I said, 'You couldn't do anything while I was working?'" Rovang said.

A Social Security representative said the agency puts no time limit on collecting overpayments. The representative said it was only recently when Rovang started receiving disability checks that the system was triggered to collect the childhood debt.

The letter to Rovang says Social Security will deduct the overpayment from his December disability check, leaving him with $421 for the entire month. "It couldn’t have come at a worse time. Christmas. Merry Christmas".

Yeah, that's it. "Thanks Uncle Sam," he said. Rovang said that he will appeal, and even if the debt the debt isn't forgiven, SSA may let him pay it off in smaller monthly installments.