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Before applying, be ready to provide information about yourself, your medical condition, and your work. We recommend you print and review the Adult Disability Checklist. It will help you gather the information you need to complete the application. Along with the information listed above, we may ask you to provide documents to show that you are eligible, such as:. We accept photocopies of W-2 forms, self-employment tax returns, or medical documents, but we must see the original of most other documents, such as your birth certificate.

We will return them to you. Do not delay applying for benefits because you do not have all the documents. We will help you get them. You should apply for disability benefits as soon as you become disabled. Follow these easy steps to apply online for disability:. Once you complete the online process above, a Social Security representative will contact you if we need additional information.

It will make completing the application much easier. We accept photocopies of W-2 forms, self-employment tax returns or medical documents, but we must see the original of most other documents, such as your birth certificate. We will return them to you. Do not delay applying for benefits because you do not have all the documents.

We will help you get them. If you mail any documents to us, you must include the Social Security number so that we can match them with the correct application.

Do not write anything on the original documents. Please write the Social Security number on a separate sheet of paper and include it in the mailing envelope along with the documents. If you do not want to mail these documents, you may bring them to a Social Security office. Do not mail foreign birth records or any documents from the Department of Homeland Security DHS , formerly the Immigration and Naturalization Service INS , especially those you are required to keep with you at all times.

These documents are extremely difficult, time-consuming and expensive to replace if lost. Some cannot be replaced. Instead, bring them to a Social Security office where we will examine them and return them to you. If you do not live in the U. Supplemental Security Income SSI pays benefits to disabled adults and children with limited income and resources. Generally, you need 40 credits, 20 of which were earned in the last 10 years ending with the year your disability begins.

However, younger workers may qualify with fewer credits. For more information on whether you qualify, refer to How You Earn Credits. The definition of disability under Social Security is different than other programs. Social Security pays only for total disability. No benefits are payable for partial disability or for short-term disability.

We consider you to have a qualifying disability under Social Security rules if all the following are true:. This is a strict definition of disability. Social Security program rules assume that working families have access to other resources to provide support during periods of short-term disabilities, including workers' compensation, insurance, savings, and investments.

If you have enough work to qualify for disability benefits, we use a step-by-step process involving five questions to determine if you have a qualifying disability.

The five questions are:. We generally use earnings guidelines to evaluate whether your work activity is SGA. If you are not working or are working but not performing SGA, we will send your application to the Disability Determination Services DDS office that will make the decision about your medical condition. The DDS uses Steps below to make the decision. Your condition must significantly limit your ability to do basic work-related activities, such as lifting, standing, walking, sitting, or remembering — for at least 12 months.

If it does not, we will find that you do not have a qualifying disability. For each of the major body systems, we maintain a list of medical conditions we consider severe enough to prevent a person from doing SGA.

If your condition is not on the list, we must decide if it is as severe as a medical condition that is on the list. Policy interpretation ruling. Actively scan device characteristics for identification. Use precise geolocation data. Select personalised content. Create a personalised content profile. Measure ad performance. Select basic ads. Create a personalised ads profile. Select personalised ads. Apply market research to generate audience insights. Measure content performance.

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