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I assume that the payment has nothing to do with restoring value to investments in your IRA that were mishandled that would result in the deposit being a restorative payment to the IRA and that the payment was not a recovery of wages that had not been paid.

The $800 from the settlement is simply cash.  To be eligible to contribute to an IRA you must have compensation from working and the contribution must be made in cash.