 Denial of Social Security Disability
Benefits
Author: Paul Hood
If you have been injured or become ill and are no longer able to
work, you have certain Social Security Disability Benefits. Social
Security Disability is a benefit received from the Social Security
Administration by disabled workers and in some cases their dependents,
similar to those received by retired workers. And you will have
to file your case.
Sheri Abrams states the statutes for one to be qualified to file
for Social Security Disability Benefits:
“To receive benefits under the Social Security Disability
program, you must have a physical or mental health problem (or a
combination of problems) severe enough to keep you from working
in any regular paying job for at least one year or result in death.
The test isn't whether or not you are able to go back to your old
job, and the test isn't whether or not you have been able to find
a job lately. Rather, the test is whether you are capable of doing
any job available in the national economy (even if this job involves
different skills or pays less than your previous work.) By using
an extensive set of regulations, the Social Security Administration
takes into account your medical condition, your age, your abilities,
your training and your work experience in deciding your case.”
It is most regrettable that most of the claims for security disability
and benefits are denied. In fact, 60-70% of the claims are denied
while it booms to 80-85% at the Reconsideration level. In truth,
a claim that is denied once will have to go to a hearing before
an Administrative Law Judge before it is approved.
Denial of claims can be attributed to stringent requirements set.
Severity of the illness or injury is the key and a doctor’s
report indicating that the claimant can still perform "light"
or "sedentary" work may be cause for benefits to be declined.
For this reason, a big 60% of initial Social Security disability
claims are denied.
With this is mind, claimants are to make an appeal if their petitions
are turned down. Make a quick consultation with the local social
security office and make a request for a plea of your case within
sixty days upon receipt of letter denying request.
Social Security disability payments are the right of a person who
has paid into the system and who is experiencing a long-term illness
or disabling injury. The process is not simple but the benefits
can be substantial.
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