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


The Social Security Disability Medical Review


How to prove you are disabled
and win disability benefits

 
Once you have been approved for disability you will begin receiving your monthly benefit from Social Security, and periodically Social Security will conduct a medical review of your claim. Most individuals will have a medical review every three years, although some individuals receive medical reviews every seven years. Individuals with seven-year review date have conditions that are usually permanent, and are not likely to improve.

The medical review process sometimes includes a face-to-face interview, however it can be done by mail or telephone interview. Social Security requests an update on your medical information, work, or educational activities, and sends the information to the state disability agency to determine if you have had any medical improvement since your began receiving disability or your last review. If there has been no determinable improvement in your medical and/or mental condition, you will continue to receive your disability benefits.

However, if medical improvement in your disabling condition has been documented, you may lose your entitlement to a disability benefit. This is known as a disability cessation. You have right to appeal Social Security’s decision. Additionally, while you are waiting you are allowed to continue your disability benefits. You only have to appeal your cessation within ten days to request the payment continuation.

Remember, even if you miss the ten-day payment continuation deadline, you still can appeal you disability cessation within the sixty-day appeal period.














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Individual Questions and Answers


  • How long does it take receive disability benefits after you are approved?

  • Is There Social Security Disability For Children?

  • Requesting a Social Security Hearing when you have a Disability Representative or Attorney

  • Applying for disability benefits in Michigan

  • What is Social Security Back Pay?

  • If you are applying for Social Security disability when does Medicare start ?

  • Why was I denied social security disability?

  • How will Social Security Determine if you get Disability Benefits?

  • Working while getting Disability - is it possible?

  • SSI Benefits - what do they include and how long does it take

  • Social Security Disability Claim Denied and what to do about it

  • Do Most Social Security Disability Reconsiderations Get Turned Down?

  • Do you get medical health care coverage with SSI ?

  • Your Medical Condition and Social Security Disability or SSI

  • Disability Hearings - how many are won?

  • What Are The Odds of Winning A Social Security Disability Appeal?

  • Hiring a Qualified Disability Lawyer in Texas

  • Should I be Represented by a Disability Lawyer or a Non-Specialized Disability Attorney?

  • Do You have A Chance Of Losing Disability Benefits If Your Case Gets Reviewed?

  • How does Social Security consider lupus as a disability?

  • COPD, Social Security Disability, and Applying for Benefits

  • How Does Social Security Disability Make Its Decision?

  • The Time Involved on a Social Security Disability Decision

  • Can You Be Denied Social Security Disability If You Have Money In A Savings Account?
























    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