Qualifying for disability on the first application
Is qualifying for disability on the first application possible? Yes, it is. In fact, about three out of every ten applicants for SSDI (social security disability insurance) or SSI (supplemental security income) are approved for disability on their first application.
Obviously, a claimant who files has a statistically significant chance of winning benefits. However, what about the other seventy percent of individuals who are not so lucky and get denied for disability? Many of them decide to give up on their claims. As I mentioned in an earlier post, federal tracking indicates that 66% percent of all claimants who get denied on their claim decide to give up. Which, of course, is a mistake since, at a disability hearing, a claimant who is represented by a disability lawyer has approximately a better-than-half chance of being awarded disability benefits.
How do claims qualify for disability on the first application? It all comes down to what a claimant's medical records have to say about their condition. Specifically, a claimant's medical records need to prove that the claimant satisfies the social security definition of disability. Essentially, this means that the records need to demonstrate the following:
1. The claimant has a severe condition.
2. This condition has the effect of preventing the claimant from doing their past work and from doing other forms of work.
3. The claimant's severe and disabling condition must last for at least 12 months.
Qualifying for disability really boils down to a claimant's records showing that the claimant cannot work. And this, of course, means that the records must reveal the claimant's functional limitations. For example, does the claimant have difficulty walking, sitting, or standing for certain periods of time, or have difficulty lifting more than a certain amount of weight, or difficulty reaching overhead? Limitations such as these can rule out the ability to perform types of work.
How do you know what your medical records have to say about you and whether or not they support your case? There's really only one way to know, which is to view them yourself, or have a disability attorney do it for you in order to determine where you really stand with regard to your chances of winning.
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Obviously, a claimant who files has a statistically significant chance of winning benefits. However, what about the other seventy percent of individuals who are not so lucky and get denied for disability? Many of them decide to give up on their claims. As I mentioned in an earlier post, federal tracking indicates that 66% percent of all claimants who get denied on their claim decide to give up. Which, of course, is a mistake since, at a disability hearing, a claimant who is represented by a disability lawyer has approximately a better-than-half chance of being awarded disability benefits.
How do claims qualify for disability on the first application? It all comes down to what a claimant's medical records have to say about their condition. Specifically, a claimant's medical records need to prove that the claimant satisfies the social security definition of disability. Essentially, this means that the records need to demonstrate the following:
1. The claimant has a severe condition.
2. This condition has the effect of preventing the claimant from doing their past work and from doing other forms of work.
3. The claimant's severe and disabling condition must last for at least 12 months.
Qualifying for disability really boils down to a claimant's records showing that the claimant cannot work. And this, of course, means that the records must reveal the claimant's functional limitations. For example, does the claimant have difficulty walking, sitting, or standing for certain periods of time, or have difficulty lifting more than a certain amount of weight, or difficulty reaching overhead? Limitations such as these can rule out the ability to perform types of work.
How do you know what your medical records have to say about you and whether or not they support your case? There's really only one way to know, which is to view them yourself, or have a disability attorney do it for you in order to determine where you really stand with regard to your chances of winning.
Return to:
Additional Entries
Social Security Disability Requirements
How long does it take to get social security disability?
How to file for disability
Workmans compensation, workman's comp
Disability denial
Filing for Disability - links
SSA criteria and disability qualifications
How to apply for disability with SSA
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