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
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What is an unsuccessful work attempt ?
How to prove you are disabled
and win disability benefits
An unsuccessful work attempt is an unsuccessful effort made by a disabled beneficiary (a person who receives social security disability or SSI disability benefits) to go back to substantial work activity (working and earning at least the SGA amount established by the social security administration---this amount changes each year), either through employment or self-employment.
An unsuccessful work attempt may last up to six months, and can be thought of as a situation in which a disabled individual either stopped working or had to reduce their work to an amount lower than SGA (possibly due to medical conditions or the removal of special considerations which enabled a disabled individual to work).
An unsuccessful work attempt may be considered during the initial claim for SSDI (Social Security disability) and during other SGA determinations for SSDI beneficiaries who are in an EPE (extended period of eligibility for disability which follows the trial work month period for thirty six months). However, for SSI disability unsuccessful work attempts may only be considered during the initial filing of a disability claim.
Classifying a period of work as an "unsuccessful work attempt" may benefit an individual who files for disability because it may remove what would otherwise be a disqualification for benefits for a certain time period. An unsuccessful work attempt may also provide such a benefit for an individual whose disability claim is subjected to a work review by the social security administration (in other words, going back to work may not count against you if the work is classified as unsuccessful).
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Individual Questions and Answers
Why Will A Social Security Disability Application Get Denied? (SSDI Denial)
Can you apply for disability on the basis of multiple health problems?
How Long Will it Take To Get a Decision Letter from Social Security Disability?
Work quarters to qualify for disability
How Often Does Social Security Approve Disability The First Time You Apply?
Applying for disability benefits in Illinois
SSI for children
What is the Application Process for Social Security Disability and SSI?
Can a child receive disability benefits for asthma ?
How Disabled Must You be to get Social Security Disability Approved?
Steps for Filing A Disability Claim Under SSI or SSD
Are children eligible to receive disability benefits ?
How to File for SSI
To Apply for Disability with Depression and Medical Documentation
Asthma, Social Security Disability, and Applying for Benefits
How long can you receive SSI or Social Security disability benefits?
Working while on social security disability and not reporting
When is a Person Considered Fully Disabled by Social Security?
How to Claim Disability When you Have a Medical Problem
What is Social Security Back Pay?
Filing for Disability- what to bring to a disability interview when you apply
Winning Social Security Disability Benefits For Mental Disorders
Will Coronary Artery Heart Disease qualify you for disability?
How is SSI different from Social Security Disability?
Narcolepsy, Social Security Disability, and Applying for Benefits
What Are the Social Security Disability Requirements For Personal Assets?
Hiring a Qualified Disability Lawyer in South Carolina
What medical conditions can you apply for disability for
What is the maximum fee a Social Security disability attorney can charge?
Does A Certain Percentage of VA Disability Automatically Make You Eligible For Social Security Disability?
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
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