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

By David A. Morton III

Book Overview

Qualify for Social Security disability benefits, quickly and easily

This comprehensive and compassionate book covers both SSDI and SSI, 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 your disability appeal if you're denied benefits work part time while keeping your benefits prepare for a Continuing Disability Review and more.

Plus, this book is packed with filled-in samples of all the forms you'll need, including the SSDI and SSI disability applications.

This new edition covers:

changes to how attorneys' fees are paid at the federal court level the addition of reconsideration as an appeal step to some states, and new discussions of getting disability for migraines, carpal tunnel syndrome, knee and hip replacements, chronic fatigue syndrome, and fibromyalgia.

With Downloadable Disability Listing: Find out if your medical condition qualifies under one of Social Security's 200 disability listings (details inside).

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1413327273
• ISBN13: 9781413327274
• Release Date: August 1970
• Publisher: NOLO
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Good not Great

I would have given this book a five star rating, but it did not include two important SSA forms. The forms are sent to a claimant when his/her file is sent to the state office for development. These two forms are SSA-3373-BK (Function Report- Adult) and SSA-3380-BK (Function Report-Adult-Third Party). The two forms have to do with your Activities of Daily living, and when received have a 10 day return time. The forms can be found on the net, but you have to know they exist.

MUST HAVE

Filing for Social Security Disability benefits is not easy. This guide explains EVERYTHING in easy to understand terms. I wish I had ordered it before the first denial. I am using this book while filing a reconsideration. The suggestions provided have really opened my eyes to the process. I highly recommend this book to people who want a little extra information on the SSA's thought process when going over your application.

Get and keep your ssdi

Bought this book as part of prep for application for ssdi. (also bought how to get ssi and ssdi by mike davis and dis workbook for ss applicants by doug. smith). Each book explained a diff part of the ssdi process. This book told what each med diagnosis needed to establish to qualify for perm. disability. And it goes on to explain how to keep your ssdi once you get your award. I did win my case the first try using the info in the 3 books. Having them made all the diff in the world in understanding the ssdi process. Best $[money]. (all 3 books) I ever spent...