Social Security Disability Eligibility

The Social Security Administration (SSA) defines disability as incapacity inability to work due to a mental or physical condition.  In March 2008, the Social Security Administration distributed benefits to 55,034,000 million persons in the U.S.  Unfortunately, many of these individuals required the assistance of a lawyer to fight for their legitimacy to claim and receive these benefits.  If you are going to claim your Social Security Disability benefits, you must have a legitimate disability, which keeps you from physically returning to work for at term of at least 12 months.

Do you or someone you know need information about Social Security disability eligibility?  Contact an attorney in your area to determine your Social Security disability eligibility today!

Some of the more common reasons that you may need to apply for disability include:

• Mental health - Bi polar disorder, depression, substance abuse
• Chronic Pain - Back injuries, Fibromyalgia, and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
• Vision Impairment - Myopia, Hyperopia

Other problems may include:

• Breathing disorders
• Heart disease
• Blood disease
• Kidney disease

If you have been working for an eligible and qualified employer and for the required amount of time, you should be covered under the provisions of the Social Security Act.  If you meet these Social Security Disability Eligibility requirements, you should qualify to claim social security disability benefits.

To determine social security disability eligibility, you must have a licensed practicing physician confirm and state that you are medically unable to work based on the supporting facts surrounding your disability.  The difficulty is that that there are many conditions which may be disabling yet are hard to prove through objective testing.  In these situations, the responsibility and burden of proof falls upon the legal representative of the disabled person to prove to the SSA that his/her client’s case is legitimate and their client has a legal right to social security disability benefits.

Do you or someone you know need information about Social Security disability eligibility?  Contact an attorney in your area to determine your Social Security disability eligibility today!

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To claim your social security disability benefit, it is important to know the social security disability law. Your nearest social security disability attorney will help you review your eligibility.

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