{"id":3340,"date":"2020-07-15T17:33:04","date_gmt":"2020-07-15T17:33:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nolfinal.wpengine.com\/?page_id=3340"},"modified":"2023-05-19T08:42:18","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T13:42:18","slug":"reasons-to-apply-for-social-security-disability","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nickortizlaw.com\/ssd-faq\/reasons-to-apply-for-social-security-disability\/","title":{"rendered":"Reasons to Apply for Social Security Disability"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Why should you apply for Social Security Disability Insurance (often called SSD or SSDI for short) and\/or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) disability benefits from the Social Security Administration (SSA)?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
First, if you found disabled then you are entitled to monthly cash benefits. However, in addition to cash benefits, also qualify for medical health insurance benefits. SSI recipients qualify for Medicaid right away, and SSDI recipients qualify for Medicare after two years of receiving benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As for when you should file a disability claim, here are two lists that may help<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If all of the following apply to you, you should are eligible for disability benefits and should file an application:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you believe your medical condition is severe, will last 12 months or longer, and will prevent you from earning SGA, you should contact your nearest Social Security field office to start a disability claim. Do not hesitate to do this because the application process on a disability claim can be extremely lengthy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You should not apply for disability if any of the following apply to you:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Why should you apply for Social Security Disability Insurance (often called SSD or SSDI for short) and\/or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) disability benefits from the Social Security Administration (SSA)? First, if you found disabled then you are entitled to monthly cash benefits. However, in addition to cash benefits, also qualify for medical health insurance benefits. …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":3326,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nickortizlaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3340"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nickortizlaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nickortizlaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nickortizlaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nickortizlaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nickortizlaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3340\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nickortizlaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nickortizlaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}