Social Security
Do you have a medical or mental condition that keeps you from working?
Have you already applied for Social Security disability benefits and now realize you need help?
No matter where you are in the Social Security disability process, Attorney James
Giffels can help you. You must meet the Social Security Administration’s definition of
disability to qualify for benefits. They define disability as the "inability to engage in any
substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental
impairment which can be expected to result in death or has lasted or can be expected to
last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months" or "blindness" as defined as
"central visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye with the use of a correcting
lens." There are several different programs that pay disabilities benefits and each
program, besides requiring that you meet the disability definition, also has several
other requirements in order to be eligible for disabilities benefits. The Social Security
disability insurance (SSDI) program and the Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
program are the two most common that pay disabilities benefits and both have different
prerequisites. While the SSDI requires that you worked for a certain amount of time
under Social Security, SSI requires that you have a limited income, limited resources,
and be an American citizen or classified in an approved alien category.
If you have questions or just need some help, call Attorney James Giffels for a free
consultation.