WHAT YOU NEED TO GET SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY BENEFITS

In a nutshell, here's what you need to qualify for Social Security disability benefits:

1.  A severe medical condition that has lasted at least 12 straight months, is expected to last for 12 straight months, OR to end in death.

2.  Severe restrictions of function that make it impossible for you to work at any full-time job.

Also, you must have insured status with Social Security.  In other words, you must have worked long enough, and recently enough, to be covered.  The general rule is:  You must have worked 5 years out of the past 10 years.

2 PRECAUTIONS ABOUT USING THE INTERNET TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY:

It is the age of internet information.  However, I'm seeing a lot of people misled because they get on Google and start researching requirements for SSDI benefits.  Be careful about the following:

1.  When you Google something like "Get Social Security for heart disease," you will be directed to the Social Security listings for heart disease.  Almost nobody will meet one of these listings.  You will come away thinking, "I don't stand a chance."  Almost nobody would qualify if you had to meet a Listing.  But you don't.  So, these internet sites give you just enough information to discourage you.

2.  No website, including mine, can analyze your personal set of facts.  That's why you need to speak to an experienced disability advocate or attorney who can piece together the complete picture and advise you what to do.

You will never be charged a fee unless your case is successful.  A 15 minute phone call can make all the difference.  And there's no cost or obligation for making the call.
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