| If you have been injured or become ill and | | | | Administration takes into account your |
| are no longer able to work, you have certain | | | | medical condition, your age, your abilities, |
| Social Security Disability Benefits. Social | | | | your training and your work experience in |
| Security Disability is a benefit received | | | | deciding your case." |
| from the Social Security Administration by | | | | |
| disabled workers and in some cases their | | | | It is most regrettable that most of the |
| dependents, similar to those received by | | | | claims for security disability and benefits |
| retired workers. And you will have to file | | | | are denied. In fact, 60-70% of the claims are |
| your case. | | | | denied while it booms to 80-85% at the |
| | | | Reconsideration level. In truth, a claim that |
| Sheri Abrams states the statutes for one to | | | | is denied once will have to go to a hearing |
| be qualified to file for Social Security | | | | before an Administrative Law Judge before it |
| Disability Benefits: | | | | is approved. |
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| "To receive benefits under the Social | | | | Denial of claims can be attributed to |
| Security Disability program, you must have a | | | | stringent requirements set. Severity of the |
| physical or mental health problem (or a | | | | illness or injury is the key and a doctor's |
| combination of problems) severe enough to | | | | report indicating that the claimant can still |
| keep you from working in any regular paying | | | | perform "light" or "sedentary" work may be |
| job for at least one year or result in death. | | | | cause for benefits to be declined. For this |
| The test isn't whether or not you are able to | | | | reason, a big 60% of initial Social Security |
| go back to your old job, and the test isn't | | | | disability claims are denied. |
| whether or not you have been able to find a | | | | |
| job lately. Rather, the test is whether you | | | | With this is mind, claimants are to make an |
| are capable of doing any job available in the | | | | appeal if their petitions are turned down. |
| national economy (even if this job involves | | | | Make a quick consultation with the local |
| different skills or pays less than your | | | | social security office and make a request for |
| previous work.) By using an extensive set of | | | | a plea of your case within sixty days upon |
| regulations, the Social Security | | | | receipt of letter denying request. |