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APPLICATION FOR BENEFITSSocial Security Disability Definitions |
If you have an illness or have a physical or mental impairment and have considered filing an application for social security disability, it may be wise to get your application started. There are currently backlogs in the social security disability application and appeal system and these backlogs mean that an application may take several months to process. In other words, get your application started as soon as possible. |
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The application for social security disability (or SSI disability) is very easy to initiate and have filed.
You have the option of getting your application started by going online to the social security administration website. However, this will not allow you the opportunity to ask questions and, if your application is for SSI benefits, you will not be given protective filing status. For most disability applicants, the safest and easiest method of filing a disability application will be to contact the social security office closest to where you live and inform that office that you wish to apply for disability. Whether or not your disability application is for social security disability (aka ssd, rsdi, title II, ssdi) or SSI (aka title 16, supplemental security income) will be determined by the social security office. ![]() Once you have informed the social security office that you wish to apply for disability benefits, an appointment will be scheduled for an interview to be conducted. This interview may be conducted in person at the social security office, or over the phone. If you choose, or are requested, to have a phone interview, all necessary paperwork will be mailed to your home. Of course, applying for disability is only the first step. After you apply for disability, you case and claim will be subjected to the evaluation process that is used by the social security administration (and which often leads to a claimant having to file appeals). For more information on what happens to a claim after you apply, you may wish to view the following page: You've applied for disability benefits, what happens next? Social Security Disability and SSI Information |
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