What Is the Five-step Process That Social Security Uses to Decide Disability Claims? (Part 3: The Listing of Impairments)

May 27, 2010
Step 3 of the sequential evaluation process

Please keep in mind that a lot of the terms used by Social Security to determine disability have specific legal meanings and probably don’t mean what you think they do. Social Security has a list of impairments that it uses at this step to determine if you are disabled. If your impairments is on the [...]

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What Is the Five-step Process That Social Security Uses to Decide Disability Claims? (Part 2: Severity & Duration)

May 22, 2010
Step 2 of the sequential evaluation process

This is the second installment of our explanation of the 5-step process that Social Security uses to determine if your are disabled. Please keep in mind that a lot of the terms used by Social Security to determine disability have specific legal meanings and probably don’t mean what you think they do. After Social Security [...]

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Who Can Apply for Social Security Disability?

May 11, 2010
People of any age can apply for Social Security disability

Anyone who is under retirement age and disabled can apply for and receive Social Security disability. Children under the age of 18 can apply and receive children’s SSI benefits. If you are over 50, but have not reached retirement age, there are some rules in the Social Security system that may make it easier for [...]

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How Does Social Security Decide Disability for a Child?

April 27, 2010
children's SSI

Deciding whether a child is disabled is very different than it is for disabled adults. With adults, we have to prove that they cannot work. Children, on the other hand, are compared to other children their age to determine how limited they are by their medical conditions. The three things Social Security looks at are: [...]

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How Much is SSDI Increased Every Year?

April 20, 2010
COLA, increase

SSDI is increased each year according to the Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) for that year. Social Security law states that benefits will increase automatically each year if there is an increase in inflation. (In general, the COLA is equal to the increase in the Consumer Price Index. If there is no increase in the Consumer [...]

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