Social Security Disability

SSD is a benefit for which you qualify if you have worked long enough in the recent past and paid taxes on your income. It is the same benefit you would receive upon retiring at your normal retirement age.

SSI is only available to adults and children who are blind, disabled or age 65 or older, if they meet certain income requirements. This program is meant to help those who do not have any substantial income or assets.   There are no minimum work requirements.

The medical requirements to prove disability are exactly the same for both programs.

Every person’s SSD benefit is different.  It is based upon what you have paid in Social Security taxes and for what period of time.

You can receive benefits so long as you remain disabled and meet the other non-disability requirements, such as income limitations for SSI.

Attorneys, who concentrate their practice in disability law, are in the best position to advise you whether you are likely to qualify for benefits, and how to prepare your case in the most effective manner possible.

The Social Security process can be long and complicated.  Our job is to lessen the stress of the process by insuring that you are providing the necessary information in a timely and efficient manner. Read more here.