WHICH IMPAIRMENTS QUALIFY FOR SSDI BENEFITS?

An individual may qualify for Social Security disability benefits due to any medical impairment--physical or mental.  There is no particular impairment.  In fact, Social Security will consider all of your medical problems and the combined effect on your ability to perform work-related activity.

The most common medical problem for which SSDI benefits are awarded is back or musculoskeletal problems.  

If you are under age 50, here is the overriding question Social Security will consider:  Are there any jobs in the national economy that you could perform, based on your age, education, past work experience and medical condition? If the answer is "No," you will be awarded disability benefits.  However, the ability to perform any job which exists in substantial numbers in the national economy will be disqualifying.

If you are age 50 or over, the question will probably be:  Are you able to perform any of your past relevant work?  (This means any job you have performed during the past 15 years prior to filing for disability).  If the answer is "No," you will probably be qualified for disability benefits. An examination of your past job history is especially important here because of the use of Medical-Vocational Guidelines or "grid rules."

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