Yes. To receive Social Security Disability benefits, you must have both a disability and a sufficient work history. The required work history depends on your age when your disability began; you must have worked for a certain number of years. Your work also must be recent enough to qualify.

It takes a little more to qualify for disability than it does to qualify for retirement. To qualify for Social Security Disability benefits, you must have worked long enough and recently enough under the current laws. For each year you work, you can earn up to four credits, maximum. Each credit is based on a certain amount of money earned; the amount of earnings required for a credit usually increase each year, as general wage levels increase.

Under the Social Security Disability Insurance Program (SSDI/Title II), there are three basic categories of individuals who can qualify for cash benefits on the basis of disability: A person under age 65 who worked long enough to be covered under Social Security and then had to stop working due to a disability.

Yes. Under the Act, "disability" means the inability to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment, or combination of impairments. If it would be beneficial for a recipient to have assistance with managing their benefits, a representative payee may be appointed to receive the benefits and manage them on behalf of the disabled person.

You can receive SSDI benefits and service-connected compensation without any offset to either amount. However, if you receive a non-service connected VA pension, SSDI benefits WILL be subtracted from your VA disability pension check. More Questions on this topic? Ask it here http://www.hadit.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=1499

Yes. If the Administration tells you that you do not have enough earnings to qualify for benefits, this can be an excellent way to pick up coverage. If you're self-employed, make a fairly modest amount of money, AND REMEMBER TO REPORT IT, you'll receive work credits each year, just like an employee. What's more, you'll also retain any credits from previous jobs.

There are two forms of possible benefits for which a person may qualify, Social Security Disability (SSD) or Supplemental Security Income (SSI). Social Security Disability (SSD) benefits are based on your work record over the past ten years prior to your becoming disabled. If you worked five of the past ten years before becoming disabled, then you should qualify for SSD benefits.

Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) is financed with Social Security taxes paid by workers, employers, and self-employed persons. To be eligible for a Social Security benefit, the worker must earn sufficient credits based on taxable work to be "insured" for Social Security purposes. Disability benefits are payable to blind or disabled workers, widow(er)s, or adults disabled since childhood, who are otherwise eligible.

If you are found eligible for Social Security Disability benefits, you will get paid retroactive benefits beginning 5 full months after you become disabled, but only for a maximum of 12 months before you applied for benefits. (Please see below for additional information on duration and amount. )

A disabled claimant will receive the same monthly benefit that he would receive had he retired at full retirement age (65 years old or more depending on age). The sum of money received will depend on one's previous work record.

A disability is defined by the Social Security Administration (SSA) as a person's inability to perform any kind of work for which he or she is suited because of an injury or a medical condition. In order to qualify, the disability must be expected to last for at least one year or result in death. The disability can be a result of a physical or mental condition or a combination of a number of such conditions.

Under the federal Social Security Disability Act, "disability" means the inability to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or is expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months. Social Security disability benefits or SSD are paid to individuals who have worked in the recent years. Usually you have to work five out of the last 10 years.

Working and receiving benefits is possible under very limited circumstances. Generally, if your wages are not "gainful," less than $800.00 gross wages per month, or your work is not "substantial," then you can work and also get Social Security Disability benefits. Also, once you are found disabled you can get a trial work period of up to 9 months total (not necessarily consecutive), during which you can try work while still getting Social Security Disability benefits.

You musthave been disabled for at least one year or be expected to be disabled for at least one year. So, if you expect to be out of work for one year or more because of illness or injury, you should file for Social Security disability benefits. Yes you can file. Again, each case is different, depending on your past income and the amount of workman’s compensation benefits you receive.

If your medical condition is such that you are able to try to work, you can usually get a Trial Work Period, whereby your benefits would continue for nine months even while you are working. If you are successful, your benefits will then stop. However, if it turns out you are not able to complete the nine months, your benefits will continue.

If you are found eligible for Social Security Disability benefits, you will get paid retroactive benefits beginning 5 full months after you become disabled, but only for a maximum of 12 months before you applied for benefits. You will also start receiving a monthly check from SSA. If you are found eligible for SSI, you can be paid retroactive benefits beginning with the first month after you filed your application. You will also start receiving a monthly check from SSA.

You may qualify for Supplemental Security Income if you are poor enough, even if you have never worked before. You may also qualify for Disabled Adult Child Benefits based upon your parent’s income or other benefits based upon your late husband or wife’s income. The Social Security Administration should not cease benefits unless your medical condition has improved and you are able to return to work. The SSA does conduct reviews on a periodic basis.

The Social Security Administration (SSA) says that a successful applicant for disability benefits must be completely disabled. This is unlike some other programs and insurance policies that assist partially disabled persons. The disability must be a physical or mental impairment that is expected to last at least one year (or has already lasted one year) or will result in the applicant's death. This does not mean, however, that the applicant has to be permanently disabled.

For Social Security disability insurance benefits ("DIB"), there is a five-month waiting period; therefore, your back benefits will actually begin with the sixth month after the onset of your disability. But you can only be paid for up to 12 months prior to your application for benefits (that is, 17 months ? the 5 month waiting period).

Weekly compensation benefits are paid to surviving children of workers who have been killed in the course of employment or as a result of a work-related injury. If a worker has died due to an occupational disease, the benefits will also be paid. The amount paid is usually equal to two-thirds of the deceased worker's weekly salary. Some states put a limit on the amount of the award; while others limit the number of weeks or years the money will be available to survivors.

Social Security benefits are determined by wages reported each year for you. Benefits are calculated on the earnings a person receives during his/her lifetime. The higher the earnings and the number of years worked, the more the monthly benefit will be. Benefits are payable at full retirement age for anyone meeting the minimum criteria for social security credits (with reduced benefits available as early as age 62).

Call the Social Security Administration at 1-800-772-1213.  They will set a date for an additional conference to obtain details about your application. You may also apply online at ssa.gov. No.  If you have worked enough to be eligible for Social Security benefits, your assets do not matter.  However, if you are eligible for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) only, you must have less than $2,000.00 ($3,000.00 as a couple, if married and living together).

They may be, but only if you have substantial “combined income” apart from your Social Security. The term “combined income” comes from your 1040 Federal Income Tax return form. It means the total of adjusted gross income, plus nontaxable interest, plus one-half of your Social Security benefits.

An individual who is determined by the Social Security Administration to be "disabled" receives a Certificate of Award. This Certificate explains how much the disability benefit will be and when payments start. It also tells you when you can expect your condition to be reviewed to see if there has been any improvement. If family members are eligible, they will receive a separate notice and a booklet about things they need to know.

If you are getting disability benefits on your own work record, or if you are a widow or widower getting benefits on a spouse's record, your payments cannot begin before the sixth full month of disability. If the sixth month has passed, your first payment may include some back benefits. Your check should arrive on the third day of every month. If the third falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, you will receive your check on the last banking day before then.