The most important part of one’s claim for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments is your medical records (i.e., a paper-trail of your medical problems). A claim will not go anywhere without proper...
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How Individuals With Rheumatoid Arthritis Can Qualify for Social Security Disability Benefits
Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic inflammatory disorder that affects a person’s joints. The disease can also damage a variety of other body systems, such as the skin, eyes, lungs, heart and blood vessels. Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disorder and occurs when...
Depressive Disorder
What is Depressive Disorder? During these challenging times, everyone experiences sadness from time to time. However, if depression prevents you from working over an extended period of time, it may be a sign of depressive disorder. According to the American...
Understanding Multiple Sclerosis and Social Security Disability
When evaluating a claimant's disability application, the Social Security Administration makes a medical assessment to determine whether an individual's impairment(s) meets or equals a listing in the Listing of Impairments, or if the individual's impairment(s) are at a...
Lung Disease and Social Security Disability
Recent events and the immergence of the COVID-19 pandemic have brought wide-spread attention to chronic pulmonary diseases. Common pulmonary diagnoses include chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), interstitial lung disease (ILS), pulmonary fibrosis and asthma....
Do I have enough work credits to qualify for Social Security Disability?
In order to qualify for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits, you must have enough work credits during a particular period of time in order to have “insured” status. In general, you must have worked five of the last 10 years in order to have “insured”...
How to improve your chances to be approved for social security disability and ssi
As most people know, getting approved for Social Security Disability and SSI benefits is difficult. The requirements are tougher than State Disability, Workers Compensation, and many other disability plans. Over half of applicants are denied benefits initially, and...
You may be able to get more out of your benefits
Many people want to know how they can increase the amount of money they receive from the Social Security Administration (SSA) for their disability benefits. In many cases, there's nothing that can be done to increase the benefits, but in some cases, there are some...
SSDI and SSI: Know the differences
Social Security Disability Income (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSD) are not the same. In fact, these two programs have significant differences, even though they both help the disabled or those who are unable to work,The first difference between SSI and...
Securing benefits for disabled adult children
Most parents want to ensure a financially-stable future for their children, so they establish trust funds, inheritances or specific savings account for their children’s use. However, there are circumstances where a savings account won’t cover a child’s expenses.For...
