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

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

by David A. Morton III, M.D.
Nolo's Guide to Social Security Disability: Getting & Keeping Your Benefits

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

by David A. Morton III, M.D.

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Overview

Qualify for Social Security disability benefits, quickly and easily



Here’s the step-by-step guidance you need if you’re dealing with a long-term or permanent disability. This comprehensive and compassionate book covers both Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income. Newly updated, it shows you how to prove a disability and explains how your age, education and work experience affect your chances. Parents will find special information about benefits available to children with a disability.



Learn how to:

  • find the disability criteria for your medical condition
  • prove the severity of a disability
  • appeal if you're denied benefits
  • work part time while keeping your benefits
  • prepare for a Continuing Disability Review,
  • and more.


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 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.



Plus, this book is packed with samples of all the major forms you’ll need.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781413322231
Publisher: NOLO
Publication date: 03/31/2016
Edition description: Eighth
Pages: 456
Product dimensions: 6.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

David A. Morton has degrees in psychology (B.A.) and medicine (M.D.). For 14 years, he was a disability determination consultant for the Social Security Administration, serving as Chief Medical Consultant for eight years. In his capacity as Chief Medical Consultant, Dr. Morton hired, trained, supervised and evaluated the work of medical doctors and clinical psychologists, and made thousands of disability determinations for both adults and children. Dr. Morton has authored several books on Social Security disability for attorneys and judges.

Table of Contents

Introduction

1. What Is Social Security Disability?

2. Applying for Disability Benefits

3. Disability Benefits for Children

4. Getting Benefits During the Application Process (SSI)

5. Proving You Are Disabled

6. Who Decides Your Claim?

7. How Claims Are Decided

8. Whether You Can Do Some Work: Your RFC

9. How Age, Education, and Work Experience Matter

10. When Benefits Begin

11. Reasons You May Be Denied Benefits

12. Appealing If Your Claim Is Denied

13. Once You Are Approved

14. Continuing Disability Review

15. Your Right to Representation

Appendixes

A. Glossary of Bureaucratic Terms

B. Examples of Technical Rationales for Denials

C. Medical-Vocational Rules

D. How to Use The Medical Listings on Nolo.com

Index
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