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Social Security Disability Benefits
(Title II) are available to disabled individuals who meet Social Security
requirements in terms of both disability and eligibility. Title II Benefits
are generally payable up to 80% of your earnings as determined by your
average cumulative earnings (ACE) score, and do not consider your assets. If
you are receiving worker’s compensation benefits or similar disability
payments, those benefits are paid first, and Social Security makes up the
difference, up to 80%. Other Social Security disability benefits include
dependency (Auxiliary) benefits, Medicare health insurance (after two
years), and vocational rehabilitation for those qualified.
Disability: An injured person may be eligible for Social Security
Disability Benefits if they are unable to engage in any substantial gainful
activity because of a medically determinable physical or mental condition
which has lasted, or expected to last, for a continuous period of not less
than 12 months, or result in death. To meet this condition, an individual
must have physical impairments of such severity that they are not only
unable to engage in their previous work, but cannot, considering their age,
education, and prior work experience, engage in any other type of
substantial work which exists in significant numbers in the national
economy.
Eligibility: To be eligible for Title II Disability Benefits, you
must have worked five out of the 10 years before becoming disabled. For
individuals under age 31, the requirements for determining eligibility are a
little different because they have not had enough time to work to meet the
quarterly requirements.
Call Kantrovitz & Associates today to have your personal injury
situation evaluated and to preserve your rights under the law. We can be
reached at 800-367-0871 or contact us via email at info@kantrovitzlaw.com.
PERSONAL
INJURY | AUTOMOBILE
ACCIDENTS | MEDICAL
MALPRACTICE
WORKERS
COMPENSATION | SOCIAL
SECURITY DISABILITY
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