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


What are Social Security Disability and SSI Concurrent Benefits?


How to prove you are disabled
and win disability benefits

 
There are cases in which a person's disability application will not be taken in just the social security disability or SSI disability program, but, actually, in both programs. When this happens, the claim is known as a concurrent claim.

Why are concurrent claims taken? Ordinarily, this is because a person might be eligible to receive social security disability benefits but would only receive a small benefit check, one that is less than what an SSI disability benefit recipient might receive if they received the full SSI benefit amount (for 2012, that full amount is $698 for an eligible individual).

Concurrent claims are to the advantage of the applicant because, if approved for disability, the applicant may then receive more in monthly benefits than they would otherwise.

A concurrent claim is processed no different than if the claim were just for social security disability or just for SSI disability. That is, the case will be reviewed by either a disability examiner or a disability judge (based on whether the claim is at the disability hearing stage, or at one of the lower levels, such as the disability application or reconsideration appeal level) to determine if the claimant has the ability to engage in work activity. For children, the determination will be whether or not the child is performing at the same level of his or her peers, i.e. is able to engage in age-appropriate activities.














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Topics and Questions


  • How are social security disability decisions made?

  • What are the chances of winning disability benefits through an appeal?

  • If I am denied for disability from social security, what is the next immediate step to take?

  • Medical Disability Requirements for SSD and SSI

  • Dire Need and Getting a Social Security Disability or SSI Case Speeded Up

  • What Income Will Affect Your Disability Benefits?

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

  • Why Will You be Sent to a Social Security Doctor?

  • How does Social Security use Evidence to Decide an SSDI or SSI Disability Claim and Make a Decision?

  • Applying for disability benefits in Indiana

  • Medicare and Social Security Disability - Basic Facts

  • Social Security Disability Health Coverage

  • Can A Disability Attorney Guarantee That I Get A Social Security Approval?

  • The Difference Between Social Security Disability (SSD) and SSI

  • Do you file for Social Security Disability or SSI?

  • Social Security Administration Mental Consultative Exam (CE)

  • The SSI Award Letter from Social Security

  • Will Coronary Artery Heart Disease qualify you for disability?

  • Who makes the Determination of a Social Security Disability Claim?

  • The Social Security Denial Letter

  • What to Do After You Apply for Disability

  • Does your chance of winning disability benefits at a hearing depend on the judge you get?

  • What happens if a reconsideration for Social Security Disability or SSI is denied?

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

  • Will You Get Social Security Disability Benefits If You Cannot Work Your Old Job?

  • Social Security Disability Children Benefits

  • How does Social Security Disability decide that you cannot work?

  • How long does it take for an examiner to review a disability case?

  • How does Social Security Decide if I am Disabled?

  • How Long Are You Given To Appeal Your Social Security Disability Denial?

  • What if you Move out of State after you apply for Social Security Disability or SSI?

  • Social Security Disability SSI - Income and Financial Issues

  • Social Security Disability And SSI Qualifications - What is the examiner looking for?

  • How Much Do You Get For Disability If You Are Awarded Benefits?

  • How Can You Get Medical Records For A Disability Case If You Have No Insurance?

  • What Conditions Qualify For Social Security Disability?

  • Can you apply for disability on the basis of multiple health problems ?

  • Can you apply for disability if you have a mental condition ?

  • How Many Work Credits Do You Need To Have For SSI?

  • How many Social Security disability cases are approved for back pain?

  • How does Social Security Disability Decide if you can Work or Not?

  • If I get disability will my children receive benefits ?

  • How do you Win Benefits under Social Security Disability?

  • What to do (forms to complete) if you receive a Denial on a Social Security Disability or SSI Case?

  • Nephropathy and Filing for Disability

  • What If You Did Not Work Long Enough To Qualify For Disability?

  • What is a Social Security Disability Denial based on?

  • Can You Avoid Being Denied on a Social Security Disability Claim?

  • Asthma and Applying for Social Security Disability SSI Benefits

  • Is There Social Security Disability For Children?

  • Who is The Doctor for a Social Security Disability Claim or SSI Case?

  • Rheumatoid arthritis and Applying for Social Security Disability SSI Benefits

  • Will the the SSA Disability Examiner Call or Contact Me at some point?

  • Social Security Disability Attorney Qualifications and Expenses

  • How Long Will it Take To Get a Decision Letter from Social Security Disability?

  • Hiring a Qualified Disability Lawyer in New Mexico

  • Is Social Security required to give you a decision on your disability case in a certain amount of time?

  • Applying for disability benefits in Minnesota

  • You Must Give Social Security Disability Your Work History When You Apply
























    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