The Chances Of Being Approved For Disability Will Depend On Certain Factors
The chances of being approved for disability depend upon your medical and/or mental impairment and residual functional capacity, as well as what level within the disability process your claim is at.
Lets start with medical impairments and residual functional capacity. Social Security defines disability as a medical determinable mental or medical condition that has prevented you from working for twelve months, is expected to prevent you from working for twelve months, or is expected to result in death.
Keeping that in mind, your chances of being approved for disability are greatly increased if your disability condition or conditions are expected to result in death. In fact, Social Security expedites all disability claims that involve conditions in which death is expected. Of course, if your medical and/or medical condition is not expected to end in death but still does meet the criteria for a disability impairment listing, your chances of being approved for disability are nearly 100 percent.
That being said, most disability applicants find themselves in the position of not meeting a disability impairment listing, nor having a condition that is likely to result in death.
If you do not meet a disability impairment listing, your disability claim hinges upon your residual functional capacity. Residual functional capacity simply means what you are able to do despite the limitations of your medical and or mental impairments (s). If Social Security finds that your residual functional capacity is so restrictive as to preclude any of your past work or any other work in the general economy (performed while receiving earnings equal to the SGA, substantial gainful activity level), your disability claim will be approved through a medical vocational allowance.
What does this mean? That Social Security will have considered your past work, residual functional capacity, education, and age in their disability determination process and found that you were not able to do or be trained for other work.
Unfortunately, being approved through a medical vocational allowance may take longer, because by and large most medical vocational allowances are achieved by following the Social Security disability appeal process.
The disability appeal process begins with the reconsideration appeal and could end in Federal Court, however most disability appeals end with the administrative law judge disability hearing.
Statistics indicate that about thirty-five percent of all initial disability claims are approved, while only ten to fifteen percent are approved at the reconsideration level. National statistics also indicate that close to two-thirds of all disability claims are approved at the administrative law judge hearing.
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Lets start with medical impairments and residual functional capacity. Social Security defines disability as a medical determinable mental or medical condition that has prevented you from working for twelve months, is expected to prevent you from working for twelve months, or is expected to result in death.
Keeping that in mind, your chances of being approved for disability are greatly increased if your disability condition or conditions are expected to result in death. In fact, Social Security expedites all disability claims that involve conditions in which death is expected. Of course, if your medical and/or medical condition is not expected to end in death but still does meet the criteria for a disability impairment listing, your chances of being approved for disability are nearly 100 percent.
That being said, most disability applicants find themselves in the position of not meeting a disability impairment listing, nor having a condition that is likely to result in death.
If you do not meet a disability impairment listing, your disability claim hinges upon your residual functional capacity. Residual functional capacity simply means what you are able to do despite the limitations of your medical and or mental impairments (s). If Social Security finds that your residual functional capacity is so restrictive as to preclude any of your past work or any other work in the general economy (performed while receiving earnings equal to the SGA, substantial gainful activity level), your disability claim will be approved through a medical vocational allowance.
What does this mean? That Social Security will have considered your past work, residual functional capacity, education, and age in their disability determination process and found that you were not able to do or be trained for other work.
Unfortunately, being approved through a medical vocational allowance may take longer, because by and large most medical vocational allowances are achieved by following the Social Security disability appeal process.
The disability appeal process begins with the reconsideration appeal and could end in Federal Court, however most disability appeals end with the administrative law judge disability hearing.
Statistics indicate that about thirty-five percent of all initial disability claims are approved, while only ten to fifteen percent are approved at the reconsideration level. National statistics also indicate that close to two-thirds of all disability claims are approved at the administrative law judge hearing.
Return to:
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Winning disability, how to win social security disability benefits
When should you file to receive SSD or SSI disability benefits?
How can I find out if I am eligible for social security disability?
Who qualifies for social security disability and SSI
Qualifying for disability benefits
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