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Social Security Disability Insurance

Overview

As one of the major programs of the government, Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefit aims to alleviate the further suffering of mentally or physically disabled employees. Such workers who were able to meet the requirements set forth by the laws may are eligible to receive monthly financial support from the Social Security Administration.

Disability, under Social Security definition, is any type of impairment, which causes the inability of a worker to exercise any “substantial gainful activity”, that has lasted or expected to last for a period of twelve months or is expected to result in death. If the applicant’s illness meets the such criteria, he is then qualified to file his application.

Unfortunately, a great majority of the disabled applicants’ initial petitions are being rejected for various reasons such as technicalities or lack of proper documentation and evidences. Around 65% of the total number of applications fails to get approval every year. These incidents may either cause them to withdraw their claims or continue their application with an appeal to the Administrative Law Judge.

To cut it short, it is widely accepted that the application process for SSDI benefits can be tiresome and complicated for the workers. Thus, they certainly need an ally to help them out with their claim pursuance.

Benefits Calculation

Generally, a qualified worker’s disability benefits will be based on his average earnings during his employment career. In addition, these issues may also affect the amount that he may get:

• Age


• Educational attainment


• Level of disability


• Average cost of living


• Employment record


• Length of professional career

Likewise, a Social Security Disability Insurance attorney can roughly assess this amount and plan a strategy to maximize the benefits that the applicant may recover.

Seeking Expert Representation

Similar to any legal case, Social Security rules allow the petitioners to appoint their respective representatives to handle their SSDI benefit claims. An attorney with adequate training and experience in managing Social Security claims can make sure that the procedures are being followed correctly.

These functions make a Social Security attorney vital in pursuing a claim:

• Reviewing past applications for possible reopening in order to speed up the process or increase the amount of benefits


• Calculating the benefits that the applicant may obtain from the claim


• Accomplishing and compiling the necessary documents such the applicant’s birth certificate, employment records and most recent W-2 form


• Gathering the medical records and test results that will establish the eligibility of the applicant


• Informing the client about the status of the application


• Making sure that the application is being processed accordingly by the SSA


• Filing appeals in case of denial


• Representing the client at the hearings set by the SSA

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