SSDRC

Filing an Application for Disability Benefits

How do you win disability benefits?

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 benefits

How to File for Disability - Tips for Filing

If You Get Approved For SSDI Will You Also Get Medicare?

How much is paid for the Social Security Disability Attorney Fee?

Social Security Disability SSI Criteria and the Evaluation Process

How long does it take to be approved for SSI or Social Security disability?

Qualifying: What do you Need to Prove to Qualify for Disability?

Applying for disability for Fibromyalgia

Filing for disability with Degenerative Disc Disease

Can I Qualify For Disability on the basis of Depression?

Answers to questions about SSD and SSI disability

What Disabilities Qualify for SSI and Social Security Disability Benefits?

Social Security Disability Status

Do You Qualify For SSDI Benefits from SSA? (Social Security Disability Insurance)

How to prove you are disabled
and win disability benefits

If you are about to undertake the process of applying for Social Security disability insurance (SSDI) there are a few things to know in advance about whether or not you qualify. There are certain requirements that must be met to be awarded disability benefits. Since the process is so in-depth and can be quite lengthy, it helps to know in advance if you can potentially qualify for disability before you begin the process. Being awarded benefits can take as little as 3 to 4 months, and can possibly take up to 6 months, a year or even longer than a year in some cases.

Here are some qualifying factors for SSDI that you should take into account before applying:

1) You must have a physical or mental medical condition that prevents you from working. This must be proved by medical documentation that outlines exactly how you are disabled and the limitations that apply. There are exceptions to this rule. If you have an ability to work, you must not make more than $1040 per month. If you make more than $1040.00 per month you will not be qualified for SSDI.

2) Your medical condition must be expected to result in death or it must have already lasted, or be expected to last, for over a year. If the condition will not result in death and cannot be expected to definitely last for at least a year, you will not be qualified for SSDI.

3) In addition to having a medical condition which prevents you from working and is expected to result in death or last for at least a year, you must have also paid social security payroll taxes. If you have not paid these taxes over a specific period of time, you may not be insured and may not qualify for SSDI.

4) While you may not be able to engage your previous work due to your disability, you also must not be able to engage in any work you have held over the last 15 years, or any other type of work that is available to you. When determining what type of work you may be able to do the Social Security administration takes your past experience, skill set, age and education level into account. If there is another type of work you are qualified for and can do regardless of your disability, you may not be qualified for SSDI.

5) One last thing to consider is whether or not your disability is listed in the SSA’s list of disabling impairments. If your disability is listed you may be automatically disabled. If you disability is not listed, do not give up hope; Social Security may decide that you disability is equal to an impairment on the list.