Social Security Disability
What Is SSDI?
Social Security Disability
The Social Security disability insurance program (sometimes referred to as SSDI) pays benefits to you and certain family members if you worked long enough and paid Social Security taxes.
Your adult child also may qualify for benefits on your earnings record if he or she has a disability that started before age 22.They pay disability benefits under two programs:
* The Social Security disability insurance
program pays benefits to you and certain
family
members if you worked long enough
and paid Social Security taxes.
Your adult child also
may qualify for benefits on your earnings record if he or she has a disability that started
before age 22.
* The Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
program pays benefits to disabled adults and
children
who have limited income and
resources.
SSI benefits also are payable to people 65 and older
without disabilities who meet the financial limits.
For most people, the medical
requirements for disability payments are the same under both programs and disability is
determined by the same process.
Whether you apply for Social Security or SSI disability, they
ask you for information about your medical condition, work and education history to help
them decide if you are disabled under their rules.
SSI benefits also are payable to people 65 and older
without disabilities who meet the
financial limits.
For most
people, the medical requirements for
disability payments are the same
under both programs and disability
is determined by the same process.
Whether you apply for Social
Security or SSI disability, they ask
you for information about your
medical condition, work and
education history to help them
decide if you are disabled under
their rules.
What is
Needed When Applying
for Disability ?
You can
get a
Free Evaluation to help
determine your Social Security
Eligibility in the Social Security
System. You should apply as soon as
you become disabled and have
determined your eligibility. Most of
the application forms can be
completed online, depending on the
type of benefit for which you apply:
* Social Security
Disability Benefits
You
can complete both the Application
and Adult Disability and Work
History Report
online.
* Supplemental
Security Income (SSI), also known as
Social Security Income
You can complete the
online Adult Disability and Work
History Report or get a
free evaluation and have an attorney
or advocate assist you in filling
out the proper
paperwork.
* Disability
benefits for children
You
can complete the Child Disability
Report online or get a
free disability evaluation and have an attorney or advocate
assist you in filling out the proper
paperwork.
Who Can Get Disability Benefits
Free Disability Evaluation
If you are a filing for Social
Security Disability or VA Disability
Benefits for the first time, then
fill in the form below to get a
FREE, NO OBLIGATION Evaluation.
If you have already applied on your own and have been denied, don't worry, usually more than 60% of the time people are denied on their first attempt. Put your mind at ease, just fill out the form and have a disability advocate help you get the benefits you deserve.
Social Security Disability