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


For Social Security Disability Do I Need To Give My Dates of Treatment?


How to prove you are disabled
and win disability benefits

 
For all Social Security Disability Determinations, the Social Security adminisration must have medical treatment information, or they must obtain some kind of current medical information to make their disability determination.

If you want your disability claim to have the best chance of winning an approval for disability benefits, you need to provide information about all of your medical treatment sources to include their names, addresses, phone numbers, and dates of treatment. The more relevant medical information that disability examiners get from physicians who have actually treated you, the better the chance of your being approved for disability.

If an individual does not have any medical treatment or their treatment was in the past, it is likely they will have to attend a consultative examination, or consultative examinations, with a physician paid by Social Security.

Often these examinations are short evaluations that do not necessarily address an individual’s medical impairments with any kind of thoroughness. They are simply done to give Social Security disability examiners enough medical information to make a medical disability decision. They are not meant to provide any kind of treatment or advice for the disability applicant.

So it in your best interest to provide Social Security with your medical treatment sources and your best guess as to the dates your were treated by the medical source. Social Security needs this information so they can try to locate your medical records. Without medical records, your disability claim may be decided on a short cursory examination that says very little about how disabling your disabling condition or conditions are.














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Individual Questions and Answers


  • What are the questions that get asked at a social security disability or SSI hearing?

  • How long does it take to get an SSI decision ?

  • Do you file for Social Security Disability or SSI?

  • The Social Security Disability Approval Process

  • Applying for disability benefits in New Jersey

  • The Social Security Denial Letter

  • If you get denied on a disability appeal can you get another appeal?

  • What Is the Five Step Sequential Evaluation Process Social Security Uses In Every Disability Case?

  • How many work quarters do you need to qualify for disability ?

  • How long can you receive SSI or Social Security disability benefits ?

  • Is There A Way To Get Automatically Approved For SSI And Social Security Disability?

  • What should you get from your doctor to file for disability benefits?

  • How do I apply for a Social Security disability widow’s claim ?

  • Qualifying for Disability - What is Social Security Looking for?

  • Can you file an Internet Appeal for a Social Security Disability or SSI claim denial?

  • How Disabled Does One Have To Be To Collect Disability?

  • When do you need a Disability Lawyer for a Case?

  • Is there a trick to qualifying for disability benefits with social security?

  • Social Security Temporary Disability - Can I get temporary benefits?

  • Will SSD Be Based On Newer Or Older Medical Records?

  • How will an attorney help me win disability benefits?

  • Preparing for a Disability Hearing to Win Social Security or SSI Benefits

  • Social Security Denied Me For SSD But Didn’t Have All My Medical Records, What Do I Do?

  • Social Security Disability, SSI and Being Over the Age of Fifty, 50

  • How to Apply for Disability - Where do I go to apply?

  • Social Security Disability Appeal Deadlines Are Always 60 Days

  • How does Social Security determine if I am disabled or not?

  • If I get disability, will they look at my case later?

  • Tips and Advice for Social Security Disability and SSI Claims

  • What Disabilities Qualify for SSI and Social Security Disability Benefits?

  • Social Security Disability and SSI Claim Reviews

  • Why Are Child SSI Cases Often Turned Down By Social Security Examiners?

  • Can you speed up the Social Security disability process?

  • Medical Disability Requirements for SSD and SSI

  • Social Security Disability Hearings - what to expect

  • Do you get medical healthcare benefits with Social Security disability ?

  • Will You Be Denied For Disability If Your Records Indicate You Can Return To Work?

  • Social Security Disability Application Online

  • How To Get SSDI Approved

  • Does Your Last Job Determine If You Receive A Social Security or SSI Award?

  • Insured Status is What Makes SSDI and SSI Different From Each Other

  • Proving a Social Security Disability Case Often Means Getting a Statement from Your Doctor

  • Social Security Disability Lawyers - Fees and Representation Information

  • Hiring a Qualified Disability Lawyer in Wisconsin

  • What is the SSI and Social Security Disability Application Wait Time?

  • Should I apply for social Security disability or SSI disability ?
























    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