What Do You Need for SSD Eligibility?
Qualifying for Social Security Disability benefits relies on evidence—especially medical evidence but also other evidence of your health struggles and how those limitations interfere with your work.
Social Security doesn’t just take your word for it that you don’t feel up to working. They want to hear from other people familiar with your situation and see documentation of your symptoms.
The following are some of the types of evidence you need to qualify for disability:
- Reports from your doctors
- Results from medical tests
- Records of doctor visits and hospital stays
- A catalog of medications you take
- Results of your treatment plans
- A journal of your health challenges over time
- Details of your work history and demands of past jobs
- Statements from people who know you and know about your daily life
You also must meet some economic disability qualifications.
For Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits, you must have worked long enough and paid enough into the Social Security system to be covered. And you can’t still be working and earning above certain amounts.
For Supplemental Security Income (SSI) disability benefits, you don’t need to have paid into Social Security to qualify, but you must have strictly limited resources or other financial means.
It’s free to have an introductory conversation with the disability law team at Silver & Archibald to see whether it looks like you may be able to get Social Security Disability.
How You Qualify for Disability Benefits with Different Impairments
Another question you might have is whether your particular disease or condition is something Social Security would award disability benefits for.
Officially, Social Security keeps a list of dozens of illnesses that can qualify you for benefits, and it goes into detail on what you need to prove for each one.
You may have a condition on the listing of impairments. But even if you have something else, you can document for Social Security how your particular symptoms limit your ability to function every day.
The following are some of the most common conditions among people who get disability benefits, but they’re far from the only ones:
- Anxiety
- Autoimmune diseases
- Back problems
- Bipolar disorder
- Cancer
- Depression
- Diabetes
- Heart disease
- Lung diseases
- Mental trauma disorders
The Social Security Disability lawyers at Silver & Archibald have helped thousands of people. We know what to do for disability benefits claims for multiple different health impairments.
Work with us and have confidence that someone skilled is handling your claim.
Above all, we want to see you reach a more stable situation after health problems disrupted your life.
Get to Know Silver & Archibald Disability Attorneys
Legal cases involving your health struggles are highly personal matters. When you’re looking for help, you want someone who treats you with the personal care, respect, and dignity this moment requires.
Answers to Common Questions About Social Security Disability
Social Security Disability is a huge program with a vast set of rules. As a resource for you as you sort out your disability claim, the disability lawyers at Silver & Archibald have prepared answers to some of the most common questions people have.
Common Disability Benefits Questions »
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