BASIC REQUIREMENTS FOR SSDI

Most workers are covered by Social Security disability(SSDI,also called "Title II benefits").  It is a government run mandatory plan for providing disability benefits after a person has worked long enough to have insured status. Insured status is based on "quarters of coverage," that is, how much the person has worked.

Here are the basic medical requirements to get SSDI benefits.
  •  a medically provable impairment which makes it impossible for you to continue full-time work.
  • the impairment has lasted for at least 12 consecutive months, is expected to last for that long, or is expected to end in death.
You cannot currently be working at "substantial gainful activity" (SGA).  Social Security defines SGA as earnings from a job (including self-employment) of at least $1,170 per month in gross wages, commissions or salary.  Working with earnings below $1,170 per month has special rules.

It's a fact that Social Security has denied about 78 percent of disability applications over the past 10-year period.  It is also a fact that many of these claimants go on to get approved at the next step, which is the hearing level.

You are entitled to representation by someone who knows the Social Security law, understands the process and who can help you be approved.  A representative or attorney will not charge you a fee unless 2 things happen:  (1) Your claim is approved, and (2) You qualify to receive back pay.

The Forsythe Firm offers free consultations with case evaluations.  And we pay all the expenses involved in bringing you case to a judge--until your back pay is issued.  So, you are out no money up front.  Our telephone numbers appear on the top of this page.  Call us if we can be of help in getting you paid.

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