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Social Security Disability ApplicationWhat is involved in filing an application for Social Security disability? If you have a medical and/or mental impairment that has prevented you from working for the past year, or you expect your impairments to prevent you from working for a full year, you may be entitled to receive disability benefits from the Social Security Administration. So how do you file your application for disability benefits? Clearly, the first step in the Social Security disability application filing process is contacting the Social Security Administration to schedule a disability interview. You can do this by contacting your local Social Security office, or calling the toll free Social Security number. Social Security administers two disability programs - Social Security disability and Supplemental Security Income disability (SSI). The Social Security claims representative will address the requirements of both disability programs during your disability application interview. What happens during a Social Security disability interview? You will speak to a Social Security claims representative about your disabling conditions, your work history (what types of jobs you have had during the fifteen years prior to the onset of your disability), and your medical treatment history. What kind of information does Social Security need from your medical treatment history in order to process your disability application? Social Security needs the names, phone numbers, and dates of treatment for all of the physicians, clinics, and hospitals that have treated you for your medical and/or mental conditions. Additionally, you are required to provide Social Security with information about your marriages, divorces, children, military service, income, and resources. Why does Social Security need this type of information? Social Security gathers information about your marriages and divorces to ascertain if you may be qualified for other Social Security benefits. Furthermore, most disability application interviews involve a basic look at your income and resources to establish if you are qualified to receive Supplemental Security Income benefits (a need based disability program that is administered by the Social Security Administration). Your Social Security disability application process will be hassle free if you are prepared to provide the Social Security Administration with the information it needs to process your disability claim. For more information on: Social Security Disability and SSI Disability.
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