How to Claim Social Security Disability Benefits

Under the Social Security Disability Program in United states of America (USA), a person is entitled to receive two major benefits :

(1) First Benefits is the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI)
 

In Social Security Disability Insurance People who have paid social security taxes and have worked long enough are eligible as beneficiaries of SSDI. This includes children of SSDI beneficiaries who are entitled to receive SSDI benefits provided a child has incurred the disability before reaching the age of 22.

Qualifying for Social Security Disability Insurance

Workers must possess all these requirements for him to be eligible for SSDI:

• His mental or physical disability must be preventing him from doing any productive work that will earn him income.


• His condition must be deemed permanent or would last for more than one year


• The applicant must be working for at least five years in the ten-year period before he has incurred his condition.


• The applicant must not be more than 65 years of age.

(2) Second Benefits is the Supplemental Security Income (SSI). 

In Supplemental Security Income Unlike the SSDI, beneficiaries for SSI either can be poor or are disabled. Funds for these benefits are taken from general taxes and so workers would not need to prove their employment before they can qualify for SSI. And, children can also be qualified for SSI if he is considered to be disabled by the SSA and his parent’s income is within the allowable limits.

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