{"id":651,"date":"2012-10-24T14:38:21","date_gmt":"2012-10-24T14:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newlindisability.com\/?p=651"},"modified":"2023-09-11T11:44:55","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T17:44:55","slug":"how-can-you-get-ssi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newlindisability.com\/blog\/how-can-you-get-ssi\/","title":{"rendered":"How can you get SSI?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to\u00a0<strong>DisabilitySecrets.com<\/strong>, if you have not worked long enough when you become disabled and have low income and assets, you can apply for Supplemental Security Income (SSI), instead of applying for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI).<\/p>\n<p>SSI is available to individuals who have either never worked or who have not accrued enough work credits to qualify for SSDI.<\/p>\n<p>SSI is also available to individuals who once worked and were eligible to receive SSDI but are now no longer eligible because they haven\u2019t worked in a long time.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re not capable of returning to your previous work, you\u2019ll be evaluated to determine if you\u2019re able to perform other work, given your age, education, and skills.<\/p>\n<p>Except in the most clear-cut cases, the SSI disability process is a fairly difficult one. Most SSI applications are initially denied.<\/p>\n<p>To win most SSI claims, you have to be willing to appeal the initial decision and go to a hearing.\u00a0Having a lawyer can make a difference.<\/p>\n<p>If your SSI case has been denied by the Social Security Administration, you should probably consider finding a lawyer to represent you at the hearing. The lawyer will help organize your medical records and get the evidence you need to prove that your medical impairments are disabling.<\/p>\n<p>If you or someone you know needs help with\u00a0Supplemental Security Income benefits,\u00a0contact the\u00a0disability lawyers at Newlin Disability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to\u00a0DisabilitySecrets.com, if you have not worked long enough when you become disabled and have low income and assets, you can apply for Supplemental Security Income (SSI), instead of applying for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI). SSI is available to individuals who have either never worked or who have not accrued enough work credits to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":4666,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[49,50],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newlindisability.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newlindisability.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newlindisability.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newlindisability.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newlindisability.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=651"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newlindisability.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5516,"href":"https:\/\/newlindisability.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651\/revisions\/5516"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newlindisability.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newlindisability.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newlindisability.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newlindisability.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}