A medical assessment describes your medical ability to do work like activities such as sitting, standing, walking, lifting, carrying, handling objects, bending, kneeling, pushing and pulling objects, hearing and speaking. It may involve your ability to work around...
Social Security Disability
What are the three (3) categories of disabled people who can qualify for SSDI (Social Security Disability Income)?
1. Disabled workers under sixty-five (65) who have been employed long enough and recently enough under Social Security. 2. a person who became disabled before age twenty-two (22) if one of the parents who is covered by Social Security becomes disabled, retires with...
What you need to know about applying for SSDI and SSI
Most Illinois residents pay into Social Security for years, hoping it will be there for them when they need it at any point in their life. This is particularly true when people become disabled and can no longer work to support themselves or their families. Social...
If I qualify for a VA Disability benefit will I get Social Security Disability?
Maybe but Social Security uses a completely different standard and method for determining disability. The VA does a percentage rating of disability. There is no percentage rating with Social Security Disability. You are either disabled or not disabled. Even those...
Why is Age a factor in an SSI or Social Security Disability Claim?
Many persons are under the mistaken impression that medical and/or mental health impairments are the only thing that the Social Security Administration looks at in a disability claim. For some individuals that is enough but for many of my clients there is much more...
How is the term “education” used as a vocational factor in an SSI or Social Security Disability claim?
"Education" is primarily used to mean formal schooling such as graduation from high school or college or other training which contributes to your ability to meet job requirements. This could involved getting a certification of a licensed job such as a hairdresser, a...
What are the things that Social Security won’t consider in my SSI or Social Security Disability Claim?
In looking at your ability to work SSA will not consider the following. (1) Your inability to get work; (2) Lack of work in your local area; (3) The hiring practices of employers; (4) Technological changes in the industry in which you have worked; (5) Cyclical...
In Social Security Disability claims what are Symptoms, Signs and Lab findings?
Symptoms are your own description of your physical or mental impairments but your statements alone are not enough to establish an impairment. Signs are anatomical, physiological or psychological abnormalities which are observed apart from your statements. Signs must...
What are the other impairments that will be considered in a Social Security disability or SSI claim in determining Residual Functional Capacity (RFC)?
Social Security will look at : Skin impairments: Epilepsy Impairments of vision, hearing or other senses Postural and manipulative limitations. For example, limitations in bending, stooping and kneeling. Environmental restrictions that do not limit physical...
What are the physical abilities considered by Social Security in a disability or SSI claim in determining Residual Functional Capacity (RFC)?
Social Security will look for medical evidence that shows a limited ability in the areas below that reduce a person's ability to do work: Strength Functional ability to work on a sustained basis ( 8 hours a day --5 days a week) Ability to walk, stand , sit, lift,...
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