Helping Clients Nationwide: SSD is a Federal Program
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Perhaps you are thinking of applying for Social Security disability benefits. Since SSD is a nationwide program, having a nationwide disability lawyer from Carmichael Law Group can be the very best step you take toward getting the disability benefits you need. While your medical condition is certainly the most important component in getting your disability benefits, you will need to meet the basic requirements (sufficient work credits and income and resource limits).
The SSA requires that you have a medical condition that meets their definition of a disability and that you cannot work for a year or more because of your disability. Social Security does not pay for partial disability or short-term disability. The SSA may consider you disabled if:
- You are unable to do the work you did prior to your current disability.
- You are unable to adjust to other types of work as a result of your medical condition, age, work history, and education.
- Your disability has already lasted for at least one year or is expected to last for at least a year or result in death.
While meeting the impairment guide’s listing for your mental or physical impairment is important, SSDI will also look at how your condition has impacted your life and your ability to work. Because of this, the manner in which your story is told is crucial. Along with correct storytelling, SSDI will consider the five-step review process for disability benefits.
Social Security does not pay for partial disability or short-term disability—only total disability. SSA determines whether you are disabled by asking the following five questions:
- Are you currently working? If you are working, and you are consistently making more than $1,310 per month, you will probably not be considered disabled.
- Does your disability prevent you from performing basic work-related activities (walking, standing, sitting, remembering)? In short, is your condition considered “severe?”
- Does your disabling medical condition meet or equal the severity of a listing found in the Blue Book list of medical conditions?
- Are you able to do the work you did prior to your disability?
- Can you make an adjustment to do any other type of work?
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What is the Listing of Impairments Used by Social Security Disability?
Everyone that applies for disability benefits from the SSA will use the listing of impairments to find their specific medical condition. Impairments that are considered severe enough to prevent a person from working are listed. Under your medical impairment will be a description of the medical criteria used to determine whether you are eligible to receive disability benefits.
The symptoms associated with your disability and the test results that confirm your medical condition are listed under the specific impairment. Your injury or illness must prevent you from participating in substantial gainful activity for at least 12 months. While having your medical condition closely match an impairment listing is important, it does not automatically qualify you to receive disability benefits.
