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 is a trial work period ?


How to prove you are disabled
and win disability benefits

 
A trial work period is a period of nine months in which a disability benefit recipient may assess the possibility of reentering the work force. The Social Security Administration will not look at these months as any indicator that your disability has ended.

More importantly, the nine months do not have to be consecutive, and may be any total of nine months within a sixty-month rolling period (five year period).

The criteria for a trial work month is that you have earned above the monetary trial work month amount, which is set by the Social Security Administration every year. However, if you are earning over that trial work monthly amount in the tenth month, your benefit will be stopped and your thirty-six month extended period of eligibility (EPE) will begin.














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Individual Questions and Answers


  • Social Security Disability, SSI, and Residual Functional Capacity, RFC

  • Who is the DDS Doctor, i.e. the Social Security Doctor?

  • Why Will A Social Security Disability Application Get Denied?

  • 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

  • Applying for disability benefits in Ohio

  • How Often Does Social Security Approve Disability The First Time You Apply?

  • SSI for children

  • What is the Application Process for Social Security Disability and SSI?

  • Can a child receive disability benefits for asthma ?

  • Hiring a Qualified Disability Lawyer in Pennsylvania

  • 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 ?

  • Asthma, Social Security Disability, and Applying for Benefits

  • Questions about hiring Disability lawyers

  • How long can you receive Disability Benefits?

  • How to claim disability

  • What is Social Security back pay

  • What are social security disability denials based on, your medical or work history?

  • 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?

  • Applying for disability benefits in Wisconsin

  • 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