Disability benefits are there to stabilize your life when you can’t work because of bad health.
But an overwhelming number of people get denied. Social Security puts multiple hurdles in front of you. They’re trying to stop anyone from getting benefits they don’t need.
This is some of the information you put into your claim for Social Security Disability for occupational injuries or diseases:
Information on Your Education and Training
To qualify for benefits, you must prove not only that you can’t continue in your most recent job but that you couldn’t switch to any other job, either. If you have skills from your training and experience that could transfer to a new job you could do despite your health limitations, Social Security may deny your benefits.
Details of Your Work Background
Social Security will look at the specific tasks you performed in your job to decide whether the health problems you now have prevent you from doing those tasks.
Confirmation of the Severity of Your Medical Condition
You’ll need medical evidence from your treatment to show Social Security how serious your health impairments are. This includes doctor’s reports, blood test results, and medical imaging like X-rays, CT scans and MRIs.
Your Social Security Disability attorney helps you assemble the information you need for a successful disability claim.
When your injury or ailment comes directly from your job, you can also seek workers’ compensation benefits to provide medical treatment and reinforce your income.
Getting workers’ comp may reduce how much you receive in Social Security Disability when you receive both benefits at the same time, but your Social Security Disability benefits also could continue at their full rate after workers’ comp stops.
In the face of work-stopping, life-changing health issues, hard-working Ohioans deserve economic support, independence and respect.
And you deserve hard-working Ohio lawyers to get it for you.
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