Social Security Disability

Social Security Disability Lawyer

Application and Eligibility
Appeal Process for Denials
Parents and Children
Improving your Chances

SSD

For many Social Security disability (SSD) benefit recipients, work history is the key to eligibility. If you have worked for a total of five out of the past 10 years, and you are now unable to work because of a physical or mental disability, you likely qualify. It does not matter whether the disability was the result of an injury, illness or medical condition. What matters is that you previously worked and are now unable to work for a year or longer because of your disability. After two years on SSD benefits, you will also be eligible for Medicare insurance.

Proving your case will include verifying your work history as well as your disability. Polonsky & Polonsky Attorneys at Law in Audubon, New Jersey, has been helping clients since 1989. Our experienced attorney can evaluate your case. Contact us to see if we can represent you if the Social Security Administration (SSA) denies your claim.

SSI

Other recipients of Social Security benefits for disabled people may not have worked before — or may have worked less than the five-year requirement described above. This may be the case when the recipient has a very low income. These benefits are called Supplemental Security Income (SSI), similar to welfare for other low-income people. An SSI recipient is also eligible for Medicaid.

A person with blindness or low vision may qualify for SSI or SSD.

SSD or SSI recipients may work and still qualify for benefits as long as income does not rise above a certain amount per month. "Work incentive" rules spell out parameters for working and receiving Social Security benefits, if approved by Social Security in advance. Our attorney Alan Polonsky, will be able to explain a "trial work period" to you.
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