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 an extended period of eligibility ?


How to prove you are disabled
and win disability benefits

 
An extended period of eligibility (EPE) is a thirty-six month period in which your disability benefits may be restarted at anytime, without the need for a new disability determination (An EPE obviously applies to an individual who previously received disability benefits and then returned to work).

To have your disability benefits restarted, you must have stopped engaging in substantially gainful work activity and you must continue to have disabling medical impairments.

Additionally, unsuccessful work attempts may be considered regarding the performance of substantially gainful work activity during the thirty-six month period. This benefits the disabled individual, because any month included in an unsuccessful work attempt will not be held against an individual’s disability entitlement for those months.

If you are still eligible to receive disability in the thirty-seventh month, you will continue to receive disability benefits until you work a month over the SGA amount or you medically recover.














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Individual Questions and Answers


  • Will Social Security Decide That I can go Back to My Old Job?

  • 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?

  • Applying for disability benefits in Pennsylvania

  • What Are the Chances of Winning an SSA Disability Appeal?

  • The Qualification Criteria for Social Security Disability and SSI

  • Work quarters to qualify for disability

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

  • SSI for children

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

  • Preparing for a Disability Hearing to Win Social Security or SSI Benefits

  • How does social security define disability?

  • How to File for SSI

  • If You Get Approved For SSDI Will You Also Get Medicare?

  • How Important is the Treating Physician to a Social Security Disability or SSI case?

  • To Apply for Disability with Depression and Medical Documentation

  • 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 ?

  • Asthma, Social Security Disability, and Applying for Benefits

  • Disability lawyers

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

  • Hiring a Qualified Disability Lawyer in New York

  • How to Claim Disability When you Have a Medical Problem

  • 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?

  • Applying for disability benefits in Minnesota

  • 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