COVID-19 Disability Guide: How to Make Sure Your Doctor is Supportive for your Non-Covid Disability Benefits Application
The Social Security Administration uses a List of Impairments from its Blue Book of Disability, As a matter of fact, if you meet the Work Credits, have enough prove to support your claim of being disabled and are unable to earn, you’re considered as eligible to apply for Disability Benefits. However, the Coronavirus pandemic has […]
Substantial Gainful Activity and Disability Income Limits for 2021
In assessing whether you qualify non-medically, the Social Security Administration (SSA) will initially look to whether you are right now working. In the event that you are working with low income wages below the stated threshold and not procuring a high income, you won’t consequently be denied disability benefits, however completing a considerable measure of […]
Applying for SSDI as a Disabled Adult on your Parent’s Earnings
Even though the SSA provides benefits to adult children if they are over the age of 18 to qualify, the SSA will consider you a disabled adult because you will be collecting SSDI based on your qualifying parent’s Social Security’s earnings. What does it mean to be Disabled? In order to be eligible for SSDI […]
Social Security Changes for COLA in 2021
The Social Security Administration announced that it will make an increase of 1.3% in Social Security Disability and Supplemental Security Income, as a result of a Cost-of-living-adjustment. This COLA increase will take effect immediately for all 71 million Americans receiving monthly benefits paychecks. This COLA adjustment is designed to help beneficiaries keep up pace with […]
Social Security Disability Benefits for Children as Dependents
Disability benefits for disabled children and for children of disabled parents are one of the few benefits covered by the Social Security Disability Insurance program by the Social Security Administration. The Social Security Administration reported in 2017 of having distributed $2.6 billion per month in disability benefits paychecks to 4.6 million dependent children of SSDI […]
FICA taxes for Social Security Disability in 2021
FICA is a US federal payroll tax. It stands for the Federal Insurance Contributions Act and is ultimately deducted from the paycheck for every person who has signed up for the Social Security program from the Social Security Administration. FICA is not the virtual piggy bank that every payer will have access to when they […]
What wins Social Security Disability Benefits?
Let’s be honest: The name of your disability impairment does not mean an ultimate win for your SSDI case. There are various factors that can win or lose disability cases. Each year approximately 64 million people apply for disability – out of those only 30% of the DI claimants actually win the disability benefits. This […]
Work Credits for Social Security Disability in 2020
Disability has immediate and lasting consequences for a DI claimant. Not only a limiting disability/impairment can happen to anyone – especially with an advancing age – it can greatly affect a claimant’s economic situation. The claimant’s gross income earnings, household standards, total family income and purchases of essentials such as grocery and travel, all fall […]
What is the Ticket-to-Work Program for SSDI?
The ticket-to-work (TTW) is a voluntary based program designed to get individuals able to return to work on a trial basis. The program is for people aged 18 to 64 with a disability who are on monthly social security checks and want to go back to work while also not losing their disability benefits if […]
Will getting Laid-off affect my Eligibility for Disability Benefits?
The Social Security Administration’s policy requires early intervention and adequate support to be provided to workers with disabilities to enable adequate worker’s retention objectives. This way the Disability Insurance (DI) claimants can be supported to perform some type of work under substantial gainful activity and earn a handsome livelihood on their own. However, in case […]