SSDRC
What is the Application Process for Social Security Disability and SSI?
How do you Win Benefits under Social Security Disability or SSI?
If I am determined disabled, how far back will Social Security pay benefits?
How do you prove your disability case if you have a mental condition?
What Can I Do to Improve My Chances of Winning Disability Benefits
Common Mistakes after Receiving a Denial of Social Security Disability or SSI Benefits
How to File for Disability - Tips for Filing
If You Get Approved For SSDI Will You Also Get Medicare?
How much does a Social Security disability attorney get paid?
Social Security Disability SSI Criteria and the Evaluation Process
How long does it take to be approved for SSI or Social Security disability?
What do you Need to Prove to Qualify for Disability Benefits?
Social Security Disability SSI and Fibromyalgia
Social Security Disability SSI and Degenerative Disc Disease
Can I Qualify For Disability and Receive Benefits based on Depression?
Answers to questions about SSD and SSI disability
What Disabilities Qualify for SSI and Social Security Disability Benefits?
Social Security Disability Status
Social Security Disability Tips — how a claim gets worked on
Social Security Disability, SSI Disability - Terms, Definitions, Concepts
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What are the Assets that count for SSI Disability?
How to prove you are disabled
and win disability benefits
The SSI disability program is a need based disability program; therefore like other need based programs it has a resource limit. Resource, of course, meaning assets. Social Security considers a countable asset for SSI disability resource limit to be any of the following:
1. Cash, savings bonds, stocks, or bank accounts;
2. Vehicles;
3. Land;
4. Houses;
5. Life insurance policies with a cash value;
6. Personal property;
7. Any other asset that could be easily converted to cash for food or shelter.
The following are not counted toward the SSI resource limit:
1. The home you live in and the land it is on;
2. Your household goods and personal belongings (i.e. wedding or engagement ring);
3. Life insurance policies with a combined cash value of $1500.00 or less;
4. Grants, scholarships, fellowships, or gifts set aside for education are not counted for nine months after receiving them;
5. One vehicle, regardless of value, if you use it for transportation for you or family;
6. Burial spaces for you or your immediate family;
7. Burial funds set aside for you or your spouse in the amount of $1500.00 or less;
8. Retroactive Social Security disability or SSI disability benefits (including SSI installment payments) are excluded for nine months following their receipt.
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Topics and Questions
What are Social Security Disability and SSI Concurrent Benefits?
What is Social Security Back Pay?
When do you receive a Hearing for Disability?
If I am denied for disability from social security, what is the next immediate step to take?
Medical Disability Requirements for SSD and SSI
How much time are you given to request your Social Security Disability Hearing?
Applying for disability benefits in Illinois
Social Security Disability Representation - Disability Lawyers and Representatives
Will my claim for SSD or SSI Disability Benefits be denied?
What Percentage Of Social Security Disability Cases Does A Judge Deny?
Application Requirements For Disability - What Do I Need To Start The Claim?
The Social Security Continuing Disability Review
Receiving Benefits - Your Medical Condition and Social Security Disability or SSI
What does Social Security Disability Representation Provide?
If you get denied on a disability appeal can you get another appeal?
Should I apply for social Security disability or SSI disability ?
Is there a Maximum I can Work and Make if I am on SSD or SSI Disability Benefits?
Social Security Disability SSI - Retroactive Benefits Vs Back Pay Benefits
How do you Win Benefits under Social Security Disability?
Social Security Disability SSI Terms and Definitions
How do you Apply for SSI?
Can You Get Approved For Social Security Disability If You Do Not Take Medication Or Go To a Doctor?
Qualifying for Disability - What is Social Security Looking for?
How Long Can You Receive Social Security Disability Benefits (SSDI)?
Do Most People Have To Go To A Disability Hearing order to Get Approved For Disability?
Should you talk to an Attorney before you file a Disability Claim with Social Security?
How Does A Social Security Disability Examiner Determine a Person’s Functional Limitations?
Does Social Security turn down every disability case the first time ?
How much time does it take to get an SSI Decision?
What happens if you are working when you file for disability or after you apply for disability?
Hiring a Qualified Disability Lawyer in South Carolina
Do you file for Social Security Disability or SSI?
What Are The Reasons For Social Security Disability Cases Being Denied?
Requesting a Disability Hearing After You are Denied
SSD and SSI are Federal Programs
The title II Social Security Disability and title 16 SSI Disability programs operate under federal guidelines and, therefore, the program requirements--medical and non-medical--apply to all states:
Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
Recent approval and denial statistics for various states can be viewed here:
Social Security Disability, SSI Approval and Denial Statistics by state
Special Section: Disability Lawyers and unnecessary claim denials
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