Are You Eligible for Benefits?
Sometimes unexpected medical situations occur in our lives, causing us to be physically or mentally incapable of working at the capacity that we once were before. The Social Security Administration (SSA) provides federal programs for individuals with disabilities that result in death, are unable to work during a 12-month period, and conditions that restrict your abilities to perform work done in past or in national economy. For each medical impairment that you allege; there MUST be sufficient supported medical documentation of all your signs/symptoms in order for SSA to develop a complete 12-month medical history following the date of application.
What type of medical supported evidence is needed for SSI Recipients? Per CFR 20 404.1513 SSA needs evidence from acceptable medical sources such as:
- – Licensed physicians
- – Licensed/Certified psychologist
- – Licensed podiatrist
- – Licensed optometrist
- – Qualified speech language
WHAT IF THE FOLLOWING SUPPORTED MEDICAL EVIDENCE CAN’T BE OBTAINED?
Then SSA will purchase a physical or mental medical exams that’s paid at their own expense to provide them with acceptable evidence to adjudicate your impairments.
1. Disabling Medical Determinable Impairments
Whether the origin of your disabling condition is an inherited chronic disease, physical injury, tragic work related accident, or a mental impairment that restrict your activities of daily living. Social Security uses a medical listing of impairments for adults and children under the age of 18 as a criteria for establishing medical diagnosis, presence of impairments, and administrating if your conditions meet their standards of a specific listing in certain body symptoms.
https://www.ssa.gov/disability/professionals/bluebook/AdultListings.htm and
https://www.ssa.gov/disability/professionals/bluebook/ChildhoodListings.htm
Although this information is available to the general public; they are uneducated in federal/state programing procedures, under-proficient in the Social Security adjudication policies, and unknowledgeable in the medical determination process from the inside out. The following is a brief list of prevalent medical impairments that FAVORABLE DISABILITY ADVOCATES non-attorney representation services can quickly assist you in the filing of disability claim and the monetary benefits you’re entitled to!
| Adults | Child |
|---|---|
| Chronic Heart Failure | Low Birth Weight |
| Stroke/Cerebrovascular Accident | Speech Impairment |
| Cancer | Asthma |
| Kidney Disease on Dialysis | Cancer |
| Vision/Hearing Impairment | Cognitive Disorder |
| COPD | ADHD |
| Spine and Joint Conditions | Autism |
| Mental Disorders | Emotional Disturbed |
| Chronic Liver Disease | |
| Amputations | |
| HIV | |
| Peripheral Neuropathy |
2. SSDI vs SSI Qualifications
Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) is a federal program for social security tax paying citizens or their dependents, that are in fully insured for disability payment status on medical conditions that prevent them from earning substantial gainful activity (SGA) or during 12 consecutive months. If you have a physical or mental impairment that restricts you from working within 12 month, then you MUST apply for SSDI not more than 36 months after the month your disability ended.
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) is an income based federal assistant program for United States citizens who are age 65 or older, blind, or disabled due to a medical impairment. For those who are entitled (adults or children under the age of 18), they will receive monthly monetary benefits normally the month after the month of their initial eligibility.
Concurrent Benefits: Under certain circumstances it possible to be eligible for both SSDI and SSI monetary benefits. The requirements for receiving concurrent benefits generally is reliant on SSA’s annual substantially gainful activity (SGA) income limits and SSI federal benefit income rates.
https://www.ssa.gov/OACT/COLA/sga.html and
https://secure.ssa.gov/poms.nsf/lnx/0502001020
What Can We Do If Your Initial Disability Claim Has Been Denied?
Once your initial Social Security disability claim has been denied and you are discontent, a reconsideration must be filed in writing within 60 days after the date of notice with SSA. During this time-frame your claim is recent to Disability Determination Services (DDS), “Federal funded state government agency that made the initial decision” for reevaluation and the gathering of additional medical evidence to support the appeal. At Favorable Disability Advocates, we have an Eligible for Payment Non-Attorney (EDPNA) who has gone through rigorous training in disability monetary benefits and is an expertise in the Social Security Administrative Review Process. Appealing a SSA disability medical decision, whether it’s the Initial or Reconsideration and all the way to a Hearing with Administrative Law Judge: this can be unfamiliar territory and Favorable Disability Advocates representation services, intend on taking full guardianship of your claim and allowing our clients to focus on what matters which is their overall well-being.
3. Additional Services We Offer
Continuing Disability Review (CDR) Once a favorable SSA medical decision for SSDI or SSI has been established, a person will stay in pay for monetary benefits until a period of disability is no longer. SSA will conduct a continuing disability review “7-point comparison scale”, periodically to determine if one’s physical/mental impairment have medically improved or stayed its course.
Age 18 Redetermination: Child SSI claims that remain in pay for SSA disability benefits until age 18 will undergo a continuing disability review process as well. If their medical conditions improve then monetary benefits will be terminated.
Favorable Disability Advocates non-attorney representative is well-informed in assisting our clients in the gathering of imperative medical records and filing a timely CDR or age 18 redetermination appeal.
Military Causality and Wounded Warrior Cases (MC/WW) Per DI 23020.050: United States Armed Service members who were injured while on active duty or any-time after October 2001 are eligible for expedited SSDI and SSI disability case processing procedures. Favorable Disability Advocates non-attorney representation services are knowledgeable in military combat related injuries such as: PTSD, Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Amputations, Depression, Memory Loss, Cognitive Impairment, and Hearing Loss. We specialize in assisting current and prior military servicemembers obtain Social Security disability monetary benefits FOR SERVING THEIR COUNTRY HONORABLY!
Important link for MC/WW
Social Security Disability Top Medical Impairments:
- Cancers especially when their medical conditions are inoperable or unresectable after treatment, persistent or recurrent following chemotherapy/radiation, and carcinoma with metastases.
- Chronic KidneyDisease especially when a client is currenting receiving dialysis
- Stroke or CVA and worsening upper/lower extremity limitations 3 months after onset of diagnosis
- Chronic Heart Failure with supported medical documentation identifying worsening signs and symptoms after 3 months of cardiac event
- Mental Disorders such as Bipolar, Depression, Anxiety, and Cognitive disorders; there must be 1-2 years of worsening symptoms with treatment, and documented restricts in a client daily every day livelihood.
