Nolo's Guide to Social Security Disability: Getting & Keeping Your Benefits, Edition 11

David A. Morton III‏

מרץ 2022 · Nolo

מידע על הספר הדיגיטלי הזה

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 includes:

• a new discussion of getting disability for Post-Acute COVID Syndrome (PACS)
• explanations of Social Security’s updated medical listings for back pain, musculoskeletal disorders, rheumatoid arthritis, scleroderma, Raynaud’s phenomenon, polymyositis, and dermatomyositis.

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

על המחבר

David A. Morton has degrees in psychology (B.A.) and medicine (M.D.). For 14 years, he was a disability determination consultant for the Social Security Administration, serving as chief medical consultant for eight years. In his capacity as chief medical consultant, Dr. Morton hired, trained, supervised and evaluated the work of medical doctors and clinical psychologists, and made thousands of disability determinations for both adults and children. Dr. Morton has authored several books on Social Security disability for attorneys and judges.