Eligibility for disability benefits from SSA

According to statistics gathered by the Social Security Administration, three out of every ten Americans will become disabled prior to retirement age. If you are one of the unfortunate individuals who find themselves disabled prior to retirement, you will need to know what criteria will make you eligible to receive disability benefits from the Social Security Administration.

You must meet certain medical and non-medical criteria to be entitled to disability from the Social Security administration. What establishes an individual as disabled according to Social Security? Social Security defines disability as a mental and/or medical condition, or set of conditions, that has prevented you from working for a year, or is expected to prevent from working for a year, or is expected to end in death.

The Social Security Administration takes into consideration the severity of an individual's medical and/or mental condition (s) and how your condition, or conditions, limit your daily activity (including work activity). Additionally, Social Security will determine if your condition prevents you from doing your past work, or your ability to engage in other work.

If Social Security determines that you are unable to perform your past work or other work, then you have met the disability requirements of Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Social Security disability (SSDI), which are the two disability programs offered by the Social Security Administration.



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