REQUIREMENTS TO GET DISABIITY BENEFITS (CHECKS)

Disability benefits, as we call them, have two parts:
(1) a monthly check, and
(2) Medicare health insurance

Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) is for workers who have paid into the system but become unable to continue working due to a medical impairment.

Here are the requirements for SSDI benefits:

• You have a medical impairment that is severe enough to prevent you from holding a full-time job.
• This impairment has lasted or is expected to last for 12 straight months OR to end in death.  (You don't need to wait 12 months to file but you must have a condition that is expected to last at least one year because there is no short term benefit).
• You have enough medical evidence to prove your disability.  You will use your doctor's records.

3 Ways to File Your Application
1.  Visit or call your local Social Security office.
2.  File online at www.socialsecurity.gov (Disability)
3.  Get a Social Security advocate to help you file.

What to Expect After You File

• Wait 3 to 4 months to get an initial decision
• Over 70 percent of decisions will be denials.
• File and appeal within 60 days if denied.
• Wait up to 2 more years for a hearing (if required)
• Attend a hearing before a special disability judge.
• Receive a new decision from the judge 1 to 3 months after the hearing.
• Receive your back pay and start getting monthly checks (if approved).

You will certainly want to consider legal representation if an appeal/hearing is required.  Available data shows that your chance of being approved at the hearing level are twice as good with adequate representation.  Your representative will charge you a fee only after you win your case and collect back pay from the Government.  If you lose, there is never a fee.
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THE FORSYTHE FIRM
Social Security Representation
7027 Old Madison Pike, Suite 108
Huntsville, AL 35806
PHONE (256) 799-0297

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