Social Security benefits are paid by the Social Security Administration. There are two separate social security programs that provide disability benefits. The first is the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program and the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program. Both of these benefits are only available to people who have a medically documented disability. Social Security Disability Insurance is only provided to disabled people who have paid social security taxes from wages earned prior to the disability. The second program, Social Security Insurance SSI is based on the financial need of the disabled person.

The Social Security Administration defines a disability as the inability to do any substantial gainful activity for which you are suited by age, education, and experience. To be eligible for social security disability benefits your disability must be expected to last for a year or more or be a fatal condition. It is generally easier to obtain social security disability benefits for older individuals and for people who have a limited education and work experience. This is because these factors may limit the number of jobs that are available to the disabled person seeking social security disability benefits. To be disabled the Social Security Administration will attempt to determine if there is any suitable job in the U.S. economy that the person applying for disability may be able to do.

An experienced social security attorney can make all the difference when you are seeking social security disability. If you apply and are denied your social security benefits, you have a limited time to appeal. Without an attorney guiding your through the appeal process and presenting your case to the judge, it is usually very difficult to win the appeal. The social security lawyers at The Griffin Law Firm have successfully obtained social security disabled benefits again and again even when those benefits had first been denied.

The attorney fee is on a contingency meaning we do not get paid unless we win your case and collect back social security benefits for you. * This refers only to the attorney's fees and not to the charges for medical records or other expenses incurred.

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