This information may help social security disability claimants with representation, as well as claimants who are not represented by a disability attorney or non attorney representative. Understanding how the social security disability system works can make the difference between winning or not winning the ssd or ssi benefits to which a person is entitled. |
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If you are granted Social Security disability or ssi disability, you will receive a monthly benefit amount that is determined by the Social Security Office. In most cases, you will also receive a certain amount in past due benefits, based on how long it has taken your case to be resolved and when it was determined your disability actually began. This is received as a lump sum and, depending on its size (usually an amount in the thousands), it may be broken into installments (ssi backpayments may be paid in installments, while social security disability backpayments are paid in a single lump sum). Typically, ssi back payments greater than $6,000.00 are paid in at least two separate installments. Disability recipients also receive certain medical benefits. Those whose benefits derive from SSI, or supplemental security income, may (depending on the state they live in) receive Medicaid. Those whose benefits derive from the Social Security Program (also referred to as Title II and Retirement Survivors Disability Insurance) will receive Medicare. However, medicare benefits do not become available until 2 years after gaining eligibility for social security disability benefits. This does not mean that medicare benefits become available 2 years after payments have started, but, rather 2 years after a claimant's eligibility for benefits has been established. In other words, if a claimant is awarded disability benefits and is given an established onset date (when the disability is judged to have begun, based on a review of the medical evidence by either an examiner or a judge) 3 years prior to the awarding of benefits...the 2 year clock starts from the established onset date + the five month waiting period that applies to all social security disability cases. Translation: the EOD, or establishd onset date plus the 5 month waiting period equals the claimant's date of entitlement, and this is the point from which the 2 year clock starts. Even better translation: medicare eligibility begins two years after a claimant is first eligible to receive a disability benefit check. For this reason, many claimants who have been approved for disability will have already "served" the required 2 year wait for medicare benefits by the time they receive their first social security disability check. Disability Advocates Help with Claims Free Case Evaluation |
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If you suffer from a medical disability such as hip, neck, shoulder, ankle, wrist, back, or other joint problems, disc herniation, degenerative disc disease, spinal stenosis, carpal tunnel syndrome, rsi or repetetive stress injury, inflammatory bowel disease, ulcerative colitis, irritable bowel syndrome, arthritis, dysthymia, depression or other mood disorders, congestive or chronic heart failure, type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, diabetic neuropathy, high blood pressure (hypertension), seizure disorder, stroke, copd, emphysema, hearing loss or poor hearing, statutory blindness, peripheral field problems or other vision loss, clinical obesity, attention deficit hyperactivity or, simply, adhd, bipolar disorder or manic depression, panic disorder, schizophrenia, autism, head trauma, memory loss, low iq, mental retardation, learning disability, epilepsy, cancer, chronic fatigue, multiple sclerosis, lupus, anxiety, inner ear problems, meniere's, vertigo or dizziness, kidney failure requiring dialysis or other renal problems, cirrhosis, hepatitis, or other liver disease, pancreatitis, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, asthma, bronchitis, cystic fibrosis, rsd or reflex sympathetic dystrophy, crohn's disease, sarcoidosis, peripheral vascular disease, lyme disease, cerebral palsy, down syndrome, hiv, aids, anemia, sickle cell, thyroid problems including hypothyroidism, esrd or end stage renal disease, reflux, gerd (gastroesophageal reflux disease), cfids, muscular dystrophy, coronary artery disease, cardiomyopathy, or tachycardia, bradycardia or other arrhythmia and have initiated or been denied on a social security disability, or ssi, claim for benefits, this site may assist you with your case. Social Security Disability benefits are often difficult to win; however many claims for social security disability are lost simply because a claimant did not know enough about the disability process to their social security or ssi claim. For information re: representation on a social security disability or ssi claim (attorney or non attorney representative), see the "questions" & "how" pages. |
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