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


Supplemental Security Income - SSI Disability


How to prove you are disabled
and win disability benefits


 
Many claimants who file for disability have no idea what kind of disability benefits they might be qualified to receive from the Social Security Administration. Social Security actually has two disability programs, Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Social Security disability.

The medical qualifications for both Social Security disability and Supplemental Security Income are the same. To qualify for either disability program, you have to have been unable to work at a substantial level for a period of one year, or it must be expected that you will be unable to work for a year due to your medical and/or mental condition.

Both social security disability and SSI disability require an interview with a Social Security claims representative in order that you may provide your medical information (regarding your treatment, diagnosed conditions, and doctors), work history (types of jobs that you have performed), and educational back ground. Once all of this information is gathered, a disability claim is sent to a special agency that makes the medical decision for disability cases that are filed with the social security administration. State disability agencies generally take thirty to ninety days to process your SSI and/or SSDI claim at the initial application level.

Now you may be wondering what the difference is between Social Security disability and SSI, otherwise known as Supplemental Security Income. The real difference between Social Security disability and SSI has to do with the non-medical requirements, the ones that have nothing to do with your medical condition.

Social Security disability is based upon insured status, and insured status is acquired through work activity that has resulted in your earnings being reported to the Internal Revenue Service.

If you have not earned enough quarters of work coverage, you may not qualify for Social Security disability. But, you may still qualify for SSI disability if your income and resources are low enough to meet the income and resource limits established by the federal government each year.

Both Social Security disability and SSI disability pay a monthly disability benefit if you are approved by either a disability examiner at the state agency or by a judge at a disability hearing. In the case of social security disability, the benefit amount will be based on what was paid into the system over the years. With SSI, the amount is determined by the federal government and is usually increased for cost of living each year.

Additional information:

Can I Be Eligible For SSI And Social Security Disability At The Same Time?

How much time does it take to get an SSI Decision?

How Far Back Can SSI Back Pay Be Paid?

Social Security Disability SSI - Eligibility Requirements and Criteria to Qualify















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Individual Questions and Answers


  • The chances of winning a social security hearing for disability benefits

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

  • Why Will A Social Security Disability Application Get Denied? (SSDI Denial)

  • Denied For Social Security Disability Because I Can Work -- What are my Options?

  • The Social Security Disability Denial Letter

  • What does the Severity of your impairment have to do with Your Disability Claim?

  • Applying for disability benefits in New York

  • What Forms will I need to Complete when I apply for disability?

  • Who handles my case if I apply for Social Security disability ?

  • How can you speed up a Social Security Disability case?

  • SSI Disability Application Wait Time

  • After I File For Disability Will Social Security Pay For Me To See A Doctor?

  • Social Security Disability and SSI Eligibility

  • How Do You Win An SSI or Social Security Disability Hearing?

  • Can I get SSI for RA, Rheumatoid Arthritis?

  • Making a Request for a Disability Hearing

  • Why Do Social Security Disability Claims Take So Long?

  • Social Security Disability Advice for Filing

  • How Do I Find Out How My Disability Appeal Is Going?

  • What Income Will Affect Your Disability Benefits?

  • Is multiple sclerosis considered a disability by Social Security?

  • Hiring a Qualified Disability Lawyer in Georgia

  • How to Qualify for Disability - How severe must a condition be?

  • Depression, Social Security Disability, and Applying for Benefits

  • Being Determined Medically Disabled for Social Security Disability

  • Can I Qualify For Disability and Receive Benefits based on Depression?
























    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