Guest guest Posted December 14, 2008 Report Share Posted December 14, 2008 To clarify, just because *YOU * think you are disabled, does not mean you are under Social Security disability law. In order to claim benefits, you must not be able to do * substantial gainful work * (anything OVER $980 per month for 2009) because of your health conditions and your illness must be expected to last a year or more, or in death. Just because your doctor says you are * disabled *, that does not mean anything. Your medical condition must met under the definitions of Disability that Social Security Administers. You also need at least 15 years of solid work experience. Under both the title II (SSDI) and title XVI (SSI) programs, medical evidence is the cornerstone for the determination of disability. About 75 - 80% of applications are initially denied, due to lack of information provided, gaps in medical files, lost files, communications, etc. It is a very lengthy and cumbersome system and procedure to deal with. Making the decision to file a claim for disability benefits from Social Security should be carefully thought out. Social Security sends your application to a State agency that makes disability decisions. Each state has medical and vocational experts who will contact your doctors and other places you have received care or treatment. Assuming you are awarded benefits, they will nowhere equal what you received as a salaried full time employee. Be prepared to live on less. If, after being awarded benefits (and this can take as long as 4 years), you may find you can do some easy, part-time work. Social Security encourages this. The link to the " Ticket to Work Program " is below. SSA determines if a month counts for the Trial Work Period (TWP) if you earn $700 per month or more for 2009. Watch out you don't continually make over the alotted monthly allowance, because it kicks off a Trial Work Period, and you may invertently find yourself declared * NOT DISABLED * with your benefits cut off and an Overpayment to SSA hanging over your head. other info at http://www.ssa.gov/disability/Adult_StarterKit_Factsheet.pdf http://www.ssa.gov/disability/Adult_StarterKit_Checklist.pdf http://www.ssa.gov/disability/Adult_StarterKit_Worksheet.pdf http://www.ssa.gov/disability/professionals/bluebook/AdultListings.htm (listings of impairments) http://www.ssa.gov/redbook/eng/introduction.htm http://www.ssa.gov/disability/professionals/greenbook/index.htm https://secure.ssa.gov/apps6z/i3369/ee001-fe.jsp http://www.socialsecurity.gov/work/aboutticket.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 14, 2008 Report Share Posted December 14, 2008 Very well said, and how true this is. ________________________________ From: " gfijig@... " <gfijig@...> Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2008 6:59:31 PM Subject: SSDI clarification To clarify, just because *YOU * think you are disabled, does not mean you are under Social Security disability law. In order to claim benefits, you must not be able to do * substantial gainful work * (anything OVER $980 per month for 2009) because of your health conditions and your illness must be expected to last a year or more, or in death. Just because your doctor says you are * disabled *, that does not mean anything. Your medical condition must met under the definitions of Disability that Social Security Administers. You also need at least 15 years of solid work experience. Under both the title II (SSDI) and title XVI (SSI) programs, medical evidence is the cornerstone for the determination of disability. About 75 - 80% of applications are initially denied, due to lack of information provided, gaps in medical files, lost files, communications, etc. It is a very lengthy and cumbersome system and procedure to deal with. Making the decision to file a claim for disability benefits from Social Security should be carefully thought out. Social Security sends your application to a State agency that makes disability decisions. Each state has medical and vocational experts who will contact your doctors and other places you have received care or treatment. Assuming you are awarded benefits, they will nowhere equal what you received as a salaried full time employee. Be prepared to live on less. If, after being awarded benefits (and this can take as long as 4 years), you may find you can do some easy, part-time work. Social Security encourages this. The link to the " Ticket to Work Program " is below. SSA determines if a month counts for the Trial Work Period (TWP) if you earn $700 per month or more for 2009. Watch out you don't continually make over the alotted monthly allowance, because it kicks off a Trial Work Period, and you may invertently find yourself declared * NOT DISABLED * with your benefits cut off and an Overpayment to SSA hanging over your head. other info at http://www.ssa. gov/disability/ Adult_StarterKit _Factsheet. pdf http://www.ssa. gov/disability/ Adult_StarterKit _Checklist. pdf http://www.ssa. gov/disability/ Adult_StarterKit _Worksheet. pdf http://www.ssa. gov/disability/ professionals/ bluebook/ AdultListings. htm (listings of impairments) http://www.ssa. gov/redbook/ eng/introduction .htm http://www.ssa. gov/disability/ professionals/ greenbook/ index.htm https://secure. ssa.gov/apps6z/ i3369/ee001- fe.jsp http://www.socialse curity.gov/ work/aboutticket .html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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