{"id":753,"date":"2014-01-06T20:11:23","date_gmt":"2014-01-06T20:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newlindisability.com\/?p=753"},"modified":"2023-09-11T11:30:51","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T17:30:51","slug":"what-determines-social-security-disability-eligibility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newlindisability.com\/blog\/what-determines-social-security-disability-eligibility\/","title":{"rendered":"What Determines Social Security Disability Eligibility?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are millions of Americans who are unable to work due to health conditions. For a majority of these individuals, Social Security Disability benefits are a lifeline to a resource for income. However, many individuals are curious as to how the amount of benefits a person receives is determined.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"\/\/www.lawyersforsocialsecurity.com\/\"><strong>Social Security Disability Lawyers<\/strong><\/a> with Newlin Disability explain the Social Security Administration uses the amount of money a claimant has made throughout their lifetime to determine the amount they should receive in benefits if determined to be disabled.<\/p>\n<p>An article from <a href=\"\/\/www.cnsnews.com\/news\/article\/terence-p-jeffrey\/10988269-2013-closes-record-number-disability-getting-highest-ever\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNS News<\/a> stated the same standards are used to determine benefits for dependents as well. Those who may qualify for benefits based on another individual\u2019s work include spouses and children. A husband or wife may be able to collect their spouse\u2019s Social Security Disability benefits if they are over the age of 62-years-old or at any age if they are caring for a child who is younger than 16-years-old or disabled.<\/p>\n<p>A child can collect a parent\u2019s benefits if they are unmarried and younger than 18-years-old. They can also collect if they are 19-years-old or younger and attending an accredited school. They may continue to collect a parent\u2019s benefits after the age of 18 if\u00a0their disability affected them before the age of 22-years-old.<\/p>\n<p>The law firm\u2019s team of attorneys understand the complexities of the laws overseeing <a href=\"\/\/www.lawyersforsocialsecurity.com\/determining-eligibility.php\"><strong>Social Security Disability Eligibility<\/strong><\/a> and encourage anyone considering applying to discuss their rights with a lawyer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are millions of Americans who are unable to work due to health conditions. For a majority of these individuals, Social Security Disability benefits are a lifeline to a resource for income. However, many individuals are curious as to how the amount of benefits a person receives is determined. The Social Security Disability Lawyers with [&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":[50],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newlindisability.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753"}],"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=753"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newlindisability.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5388,"href":"https:\/\/newlindisability.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753\/revisions\/5388"}],"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=753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newlindisability.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newlindisability.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}