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APPLICATION FOR BENEFITS

Social 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.
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






Additional Questions & Answers


  1. Social Security Disability, SSI - What makes you eligible?

  2. Social Security Disability, SSI - When should you file or make an application?

  3. Social Security Disability, SSI - How should you file or make an application?

  4. Social Security Disability, SSI - How do they decide your case?

  5. Social Security Disability, SSI - What kind of evidence is used to make a decision?

  6. How long will it usually take to get a decision on a social security disability claim?

  7. If my social security disability claim gets denied, what do I do?

  8. How do I appeal my claim for benefits if it is denied?

  9. How long does a social security disability appeal typically take?

  10. Will I have to file more than one appeal for my claim?

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where answers to the following questions can be found


  • How to apply for Disability benefits

  • How are claims for disability decided?

  • What evidence is used to decide a disability case?

  • If my disability claim is denied...?

  • How do I appeal my Disability denial?

  • How do you qualify medically for social security disability?

  • Why is the disability process so long?

  • How good are the approval chances for disability?

  • Time limit to file a social security disability appeal?

  • Does Social Security deny everyone the first time they apply?

  • Is filing a new disability application the same as doing a social security appeal?

  • What is the purpose of the medical exam that social security sends you to?

  • Should you use an attorney or non attorney to provide representation?

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