Social Security Disability: Getting and Keeping Your Benefits

 

How the system works now

Social Security disability has a 5 full month waiting period.  Your disability payments do not begin until 6 months after the “onset date” (the date the disability prevented you from working at a full time job).  There is little or no overlap of Unemployment Benefits and Social Security Disability payments if your Social Security claim is approved promptly after you apply. If your disability claim is approved, you can not keep collecting unemployment benefits.  You can no longer tell the state unemployment department that you are able to work and are looking for full time work if Social Security has agreed with your claim that you can’t work full time.

But if the Claimant is caught in the uncertainty of a disability application that is denied by Social Security, and then denied again on reconsideration by the state Disability Determination Service, unemployment insurance may be the only source of income for many months.  I believe that collecting unemployment benefits is justified if the Claimant is still trying to work, because Social Security itself is telling the Claimant: “You are not disabled.  You are able to work.”

Nolo's Guide to Social Security Disability: Getting and Keeping Your Benefits  

Nolo's Guide to Social Security Disability: Getting and Keeping Your Benefits

Apply for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and get the most assistance from the system Learn how to match the medical details of your disability to existing regulations to make sure you qualify for the benefits you're due when you apply.
Nolo's Guide to Social Security Disability: Getting and Keeping Your Benefits
Nolo's Guide to Social Security Disability is written by a former Chief Medical Consultant for the Social Security Administration, whose expert deciphering of the medical portions of SSA regulations will help you understand all the benefits available to you. Written both for first-time applicants and existing recipients of Social Security disability, this guide demystifies the program and tells you everything you need to know about qualifying and applying for benefits, maintaining your benefits, and appealing the denial of a claim.

Nolo's Guide to Social Security Disability: Getting and Keeping Your Benefits Learn: - what Social Security disability is - what benefits are available to disabled children - how to prove a disability - how age, education and work experience affect benefits - whether or not one can work while receiving benefits - how to appeal a denial of benefits - how to respond to a Continuing Disability Review The book provides in-depth medical listings to help you determine whether your condition will qualify you to receive disability payments, including breathing disabilities, heart disease, mental disorders, speech impairments, cancer, immune system disorders -- and much more.
Nolo's Guide to Social Security Disability: Getting and Keeping Your Benefits This edition is completely updated with the latest rules, information and medical listings, including updated descriptions of SSA regulations governing immune and digestive system disorders; updated information on the "ticket-to-work" program, which provides new training and opportunities for disabled workers; the latest forms and instructions for filling them out; plus updated 2014 figures, fees, and contact information.