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For people who can no longer work because of a disability or who get injured at work, we have a financial provision for them in the U.S. Social Security Disability payments are paid to people because of this financial provision.
The person has to be disabled enough so that they can not work anymore to provide an income for themselves before they are eligible for Social Security Disability. Not only that, but the person must have been fully insured at the time they became disabled. To be fully insured means that they must have been working for long enough and depositing money for this insurance into the Social Security system to qualify. Regular social security benefits are not the same as Social Security Disability benefits and should not be confused. You must have been employed for at least a continuous 12 months before your disability to be eligible too.
People who are deemed disabled and eligible for social security disability will receive monthly payments just like they were getting social security retirement benefits. The Social Security Disability claim must first be approved of by the Social Security Administrator or by an Administrative Law Judge. There is a five month waiting period after the approval before payments will begin.
When a person becomes eligible for social security disability their children can also receive benefits. Spouses of people who are getting social security disability benefits can also receive benefits in certain instances. For instance, if the spouse is over 62 years old they are eligible. Another criteria that qualifies a family member is that they are a spouse of any age who is taking care of at least one child under 16 years old. Children who are under the age of 18 and who are still going to high school can also receive social security benefits if their parent is disabled.Any child that becomes disabled before the age of 22 is also eligible to receive social security benefits no matter if they were working or not. Someone who gets a divorce and later their ex spouse becomes disabled, is not eligible for social security disability benefits like one who is divorced is eligible for social security retirement benefits.Also, you can be disqualified if you do not know how to fill out the disability claim form correctly.
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